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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

On a side note: ppc64le was also enabled recently on fedora for the copr
builds and possibly also their official packages of kicad.

tor. 29. aug. 2019 14.22 skrev Gianluca Renzi <icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Ok, thanks!
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 1:40 PM Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >     --
>> >     >     >     Ciao e buona giornata.
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >     "GP! In mezzo al campo stai proprio schifoso!"
>> >     >     >     Coach M.Russo
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     > --
>> >     >     > Ciao e buona giornata.
>> >     >     >
>> >     >     > "GP! In mezzo al campo stai proprio schifoso!"
>> >     >     > Coach M.Russo
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > --
>> >     > Ciao e buona giornata.
>> >     >
>> >     > "GP! In mezzo al campo stai proprio schifoso!"
>> >     > Coach M.Russo
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ciao e buona giornata.
>> >
>> > "GP! In mezzo al campo stai proprio schifoso!"
>> > Coach M.Russo
>>
>>
>
> --
> Ciao e buona giornata.
>
> "GP! In mezzo al campo stai proprio schifoso!"
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