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[Jake <jake@xxxxxxxx>]

i did try this and it said it couldn't satisfy the dependancies..

On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, Nick Østergaard wrote:

> 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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