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Re: kicad-install.sh requiring python-wxgtk3.0

 

Hi All,

I'm currently fighting to have the ppa come back... As I see there is a
dependence missing in the script kicad-install.sh:
=> python-wxgtk3.0-dev is needed too when I use ppa from Adam.

Regards,
Le 20/10/2014 14:35, Nick Østergaard a écrit :
> Yeah, wxwidgets is available, but not wxpython.
>
> 2014-10-20 14:32 GMT+02:00 Benoît Roehr <benoit.roehr.ec@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> I'm now on a Ubuntu 14.04 daily. Just tell me what to test exactly and
>> how... But there is chance I'll build Kicad today so dependencies may be
>> installed on this machine today.
>>
>> Also: wx3.0 is available in the official repositories now (I use synaptic)
>>
>> 2014-10-18 15:20 GMT+02:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> *sigh*
>>>
>>> I have begun the backports process.
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports
>>>
>>> What this means is that I am creating a PPA of packages that are needed
>>> for KiCad and are already in 14.10 (utopic), but rejiggering the packages so
>>> they're meant for 14.04 (trusty).
>>>
>>> If I can find a few savvy volunteers here who use their 14.04 machines
>>> regularly and also want to test this for me, I can propose it be included in
>>> official backports.
>>>
>>> Hopefully this goes as smoothly as getting wxWidgets 3.0 working on this
>>> week's OS X release.  (Sometimes I feel we spend more time working on our
>>> dependencies than on KiCad!)
>>>
>>> Adam Wolf
>>> Cofounder and Engineer
>>> Wayne and Layne, LLC
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Jake <jake@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 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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