kicad-developers team mailing list archive

["Steven A. Falco" <stevenfalco@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/29/19 10:21 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> On a side note: ppc64le was also enabled recently on fedora for the copr builds and possibly also their official packages of kicad.

It is in updates/testing, and should become available in official updates soon.

For example:

http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/fedora-secondary/updates/testing/30/Everything/ppc64le/Packages/k/kicad-5.1.4-3.fc30.ppc64le.rpm

	Steve


> 
> tor. 29. aug. 2019 14.22 skrev Gianluca Renzi <icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:icjtqr@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Ok, thanks!
> 
>     On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 1:40 PM Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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> <mailto: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>>
>         >     <mailto: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>>>
>         >     >     > <mailto: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>>>
>         >     >     >     <mailto: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!"
>     Coach M.Russo
>     _______________________________________________
>     Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>     Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>     More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>