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[Gianluca Renzi <icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool! But my platform is ppc64be! :-(

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 4:21 PM Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >
>>> >     >     >     --
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>>> >     >     >
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>>> >     >     >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>
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