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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

So did you ever try what Moses suggested?

https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15067.html

2014-10-18 10:30 GMT+02:00 Jake <jake@xxxxxxxx>:
> so i'm trying to install kicad on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, which is
> this years' long-term support version of Ubuntu.
>
> it should be easy right?
>
> but immediately, the kicad-install.sh script says
> E: Unable to locate package python-wxgtk3.0
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-wxgtk3.0'
>
> i looked into it and i see that python-wxgtk3.0 is only available for
> bleeding-edge installs of Ubuntu 14.10 which only just now came out.
>
> this is very frustrating and basically means that anyone not running
> literally the latest system software can't install kicad.  Is this really
> necessary?  I have python-wxgtk2.8 available to me, is that not sufficient?
>
> I am not an expert with aptitude and sources, and i have no idea how to get
> python-wxgtk3.0 onto my system, so i just installed python-wxgtk2.8
> and i took out that line from kicad-install.sh and i'm trying again.
>
> but if possible, i think it would be ideal if this requirement were taken
> out.  I can't in good conscience keep telling people that they should switch
> to kicad if i can't even figure out how to install it myself.
>
> apologies if i'm missing something basic, or if my tone is frustrated.
>
> thank you,
> -jake
>
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