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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1382256

2014-10-17 9:01 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi
>
> I indeed agree with Wayne, that this is generally not good to release
> to the public users as is. It is simply just half a solution.
>
> I wonder if we should add some lines to also build wx3 if this does
> not exist in the package repo. Alternatively I have seen people
> talking about downloading the deb file from a newer verison of ubuntu.
> So that could probably also be used. I have not tested it my self yet.
>
> There exists some PPA for wx3, but this was missing wxgtk or wxpython,
> I don't exactly remember.
>
> Nick
>
> 2014-10-17 6:43 GMT+02:00 Joseph Chen <joseph.chen59@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi Wayne,
>>
>> I can see your point of being leery of python-wxgtk2.8 issue,  but the issue
>> is beyond of scope of this patch.   This patch fixes the real problems of
>> the installation that have caused some other people panicking in recent
>> days, and it does not add any harms to any part of the installation script.
>>
>> I hope the patch can be integrated back to the main branch.  But if you
>> decide not to do it, it's perfectly OK with me.
>>
>> --Joe
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:06 PM, Wayne Stambaugh
>> <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2014 9:25 PM, Joseph Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>
>>> I am not doing anything with "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON" at all.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu14.04 just simply does not have a readily available
>>> python-wxgtk3.0 package, and it seems working OK to me with only
>>> python-wxgtk2.8.
>>
>> I would be very leery about doing this.  If you build KiCad against
>> wxWidgets 3, all of the low level objects will have wxWidgets 3 code
>> which may get passed to wxPython 2 which will undoubtedly linked against
>> wxWidgets 2.8.  I can see lots of bad thing happening.
>>
>>>
>>> The fixes by my patch will get rid of headaches of new users, myself
>>> included, with fresh installs by using "kicad-install.sh".
>>
>> The problem with your solution is that if someone comments out line 48
>> and uncomments line 51 to build kicad with python scripting then your
>> patch will fail.  You are merely trading your problem with someone
>> elses.  I suggest that you keep your patch in your source branch until I
>> can come up with a fix that works in both cases.
>>
>>>
>>> --Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:39 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
>>> <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> I'm not seeing where you checked for the presence of
>>> -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON in the $OPTS variable to add
>>> python-wxgtk3.0 to the list of prerequisite packages.  I thought that
>>> was what needed fixing or am I not understanding the original issue?
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> On 10/14/2014 8:57 PM, Joseph Chen wrote:
>>>> Here is the patch (attached as well) for enhancing "kicad-install.sh"
>>>> handling of two error situations with Debian/Ubuntu:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  The prerequisites are installed individually, rather than a
>>>> grouped.  Thus it avoids failing for ALL of the group.
>>>> 2. The script stops when either cmake or make fails.  Thus it avoids a
>>>> false installation.
>>>>
>>>> The patch has been tested and passed with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
>>>>
>>>> --Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- old/kicad-install.sh    2014-10-14 18:41:37.834788832 -0600
>>>> +++ new/kicad-install.sh    2014-10-14 18:41:13.462986918 -0600
>>>> @@ -89,21 +89,26 @@
>>>>      # assume all these Debian, Mint, Ubuntu systems have same
>>> prerequisites
>>>>      if [ "$(expr match "$PM" '.*\(apt-get\)')" == "apt-get" ]; then
>>>>          #echo "debian compatible system"
>>>> -        sudo apt-get install \
>>>> -            bzr \
>>>> -            bzrtools \
>>>> -            build-essential \
>>>> -            cmake \
>>>> -            cmake-curses-gui \
>>>> -            debhelper \
>>>> -            doxygen \
>>>> -            grep \
>>>> -            libbz2-dev \
>>>> -            libcairo2-dev \
>>>> -            libglew-dev \
>>>> -            libssl-dev \
>>>> -            libwxgtk3.0-dev \
>>>> +        prerequisite_list="
>>>> +            bzr
>>>> +            bzrtools
>>>> +            build-essential
>>>> +            cmake
>>>> +            cmake-curses-gui
>>>> +            debhelper
>>>> +            doxygen
>>>> +            grep
>>>> +            libbz2-dev
>>>> +            libcairo2-dev
>>>> +            libglew-dev
>>>> +            libssl-dev
>>>> +            libwxgtk3.0-dev
>>>>              python-wxgtk3.0
>>>> +      "
>>>> +    for p in ${prerequisite_list}
>>>> +    do
>>>> +        sudo apt-get install $p
>>>> +    done
>>>>
>>>>      # assume all yum systems have same prerequisites
>>>>      elif [ "$(expr match "$PM" '.*\(yum\)')" == "yum" ]; then
>>>> @@ -255,14 +260,14 @@
>>>>      cd kicad.bzr
>>>>      if [ ! -d "build" ]; then
>>>>          mkdir build && cd build
>>>> -        cmake $OPTS ../
>>>> +        cmake $OPTS ../ || exit 1
>>>>      else
>>>>          cd build
>>>>          # Although a "make clean" is sometimes needed, more often than
>>>> not it slows down the update
>>>>          # more than it is worth.  Do it manually if you need to in this
>>>> directory.
>>>>          # make clean
>>>>      fi
>>>> -    make -j4
>>>> +    make -j4 || exit 1
>>>>      echo " kicad compiled."
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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