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[Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Best way it step 0 (backup) then step 2 (adding ppa and install kicad
5.1 over v4). Normaly there is no complicts. By using "apt full-upgrade"
once ppa is added, kicad should be upgraded.

Tell me.

For next reply, no need to put developers list in copy ;) I'll help you
directly..

Thanks,
Le 29/08/2019 à 13:32, Gianluca Renzi a écrit :
> Ok, thanks!
> I will give it a try on my PPC64 machine!
> 
> I have a question: at the moment I have on PPC64 ubuntu 16.04 and Kicad
> 4 installed from ubuntu packages. In the same machine I have compiled
> from sources (as the patches of mine) Kicad 5 and installed in a
> different path /opt/kicad-5 . Which is the best option?
> 
> 0- backup of my projects made with Kicad 4
> 
> 1- Remove Kicad 4 as Ubuntu package (apt remove ...)
>     Add your ppa
>     Install kicad-5.1 from your repo
>     Hope for the best for converting from 4 to 5.
> 
> 2- Add your ppa
>    Install kicad-5.1 over the version 4
>    Hope for the best for converting from 4 to 5
> 
> 3- Compile 5.1 from sources and install it in another path /opt/kicad-5.1
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Best regards,
> Gianluca
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 10:15 AM Jean-Samuel Reynaud
> <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On Ubuntu 19.04, this is version 5.0.2 by default (but not available for
>     PPC). Instead of recompiling, you can also use ppa
>     (ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-5.1) but only for PPC64.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Le 29/08/2019 à 09:49, Gianluca Renzi a écrit :
>     > Ok, I will do that.
>     > This evening I will have a look on what is installed by default on
>     > Ubuntu 19.04. Otherwise I will compile V5.1 from scratch.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 9:43 AM Jean-Samuel Reynaud
>     > <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Dear Gianluca,
>     >
>     >     KiCad V4 is really old. For me it's not a good idea to provide
>     packages
>     >     on new distributions (not even sure that it will compile without
>     >     patches...). Normaly, you can convert your work (keep a backup
>     >     somewhere..) to V5 or better V5.1.
>     >     As far as I remember, KiCad V5.1 is able to open V4 project, then
>     >     convert it.
>     >
>     >     Regards,
>     >     Le 28/08/2019 à 20:26, Gianluca Renzi a écrit :
>     >     > Hello guys!
>     >     > I hope everything is going well.
>     >     > I have a request for Jean: I see you have the kicad 4
>     package up to
>     >     > ubuntu 18.04. Great work indeed!
>     >     > In those days I got a new laptop running ubuntu 19.04 and it
>     is a
>     >     x86_64
>     >     > based.
>     >     > I was wondering if you can have kicad 4 for this ubuntu 19.04.
>     >     Yesterday
>     >     > I tried to compile from sources but it fails due to:
>     >     > Make Error at CMakeModules/CheckCXXSymbolExists.cmake:41
>     >     > (_CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS):
>     >     >   Unknown CMake command "_CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS".
>     >     > Call Stack (most recent call first):
>     >     >   CMakeModules/PerformFeatureChecks.cmake:86
>     (check_cxx_symbol_exists)
>     >     >   CMakeLists.txt:141 (perform_feature_checks)
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
>     >     > See also
>     >     >
>     >   
>      "/home/debian/packages/kicad-source-mirror-4.0/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
>     >     >
>     >     > The biggest issue here I want to got all my work done in kicad 4
>     >     > (installed in $HOME) then download the official ubuntu
>     package then
>     >     > convert everything to kicad 5.
>     >     > Is it possible?
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > Gianluca
>     >     >
>     >     > On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:41 PM Gianluca Renzi
>     <icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     > <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Great, thanks!
>     >     >
>     >     >     On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 2:40 PM Seth Hillbrand
>     >     <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     >     <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >         Am 2019-02-11 10:39, schrieb Jean-Samuel Reynaud:
>     >     >         > Dear all,
>     >     >         >
>     >     >         >  Please find attached a patch to adding missing
>     support
>     >     for Linux
>     >     >         > platform on arch PPC and PPC64.
>     >     >         >  It's proposed by an external user who need that...
>     >     >         >
>     >     >         >
>     >     >         > Regards,
>     >     >
>     >     >         This patch has been pushed to the KiCad source tree. 
>     >     Thank you
>     >     >         Jean-Samuel and Gianluca!
>     >     >
>     >     >         -S
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
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>     >     >
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>     >     >
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> 
> 
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