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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

What is your goal?

fre. 18. dec. 2020 12.00 skrev Stefan Auracher <auracher.stefan@xxxxxx>:

> I started KiCad from within msys like
> /d/proj/msys_mingw/KiCad_git_repo/kicad/build/release/kicad/kicad.exe
>
> And within this build tree in
> D:\proj\msys_mingw\KiCad_git_repo\kicad\build\release
>
> I don't have the directory structure as in an regular KiCad installation
> like C:\auracher\pgr\eda\KiCad\kicad-5.1.6_1-x86_64\KiCad with
>
> the subdirectories bin lib share ssl. So there is no directory
> kicad/lib/ngspice/
>
>
> Sorry I am a beginner in this. I Think I am missing the installation
> steps from the build tree to the real independant installation of KiCad
> outside of msys/mingw
>
> I would expect that this should be collected to
> D:\proj\msys_mingw\KiCad_git_repo\kicad\out. But also ther are no
> subdirectorys bin lib share ssl. Do I need another
>
> make target?
>
>
> How can I do that. Or what other possibilities do I have to work with
> the KiCad Code ?
>
> Or is it a silly idea to work on windows. Is it easier on Linux?
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
> Besides this I have a second problem.
>
> On Windows 10 I installed Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2019 to get an IDE
> for the kiCad Source
>
> Also I compiled the vcpg packages with
>
> .\vcpkg install boost
> .\vcpkg install cairo
> .\vcpkg install curl
> .\vcpkg install glew
> .\vcpkg install gettext
> .\vcpkg install glm
> .\vcpkg install icu
> .\vcpkg install ngspice
> .\vcpkg install opencascade
> .\vcpkg install opengl
> .\vcpkg install openssl
> .\vcpkg install python3
> .\vcpkg install wxwidgets
> .\vcpkg install zlib
>
> as desribed in
> https://docs.kicad.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_compiling.html
>
> and did the other steps documented there.
>
> This all worked very well as described in the above kiCad Docu.
>
>
> After starting Visual Studio 2019 I tried to build the project via
> CMake. I opened:
>
> D:\proj\msys_mingw\KiCad_git_repo\kicad\CmakeLists.txt
>
> I had to modify the file:
>
> D:\proj\msys_mingw\KiCad_git_repo\kicd\CMakeLists.txt
>
> I inserted at the top
>
>
> set( GLEW_INCLUDE_DIR
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/glew_x86-windows/include/" )
> set( GLEW_LIBRARY
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/glew_x86-windows/lib" )
>
> set ( GLM_INCLUDE_DIR
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/glm_x86-windows/include" )
> set ( GLM_VERSION "0.9.9.8" )
>
> set ( ZLIB_LIBRARY
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/zlib_x86-windows/lib" )
> set ( ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/zlib_x86-windows/include")
>
> set ( CURL_LIBRARY
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/curl_x86-windows/lib" )
> set ( CURL_INCLUDE_DIR
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/curl_x86-windows/include")
>
> set ( CAIRO_LIBRARIES
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/cairo_x86-windows/lib")
> set ( CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIR
> "/d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/cairo_x86-windows/include")
> set ( CAIRO_RELEASE "1.16.0" )
>
> set( PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE "/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/pkgconf.exe" )
>
>
> This eliminated some errors
>
>
> But I still have the following problem
>
> 1> [CMake] -- KiCad install dir:
> <D:/proj/msys_mingw/KiCad_git_repo/kicad/out/install/x64-Debug (Standard)>
> 1> [CMake] -- Check for installed GLEW -- found
> 1> [CMake] -- Check for installed ZLIB -- found
> 1> [CMake] -- Could NOT find PkgConfig (missing: PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
> 1> [CMake] CMake Error at CMakeModules/FindCairo.cmake:145 (file):
> 1> [CMake]   file failed to open for reading (No such file or directory):
> 1> [CMake]
> 1> [CMake]
>
> /d/proj/msys_mingw/vcpkg_repo/vcpkg/packages/cairo_x86-windows/include/cairo-version.h
> 1> [CMake] Call Stack (most recent call first):
>
> ...
>
>
> many thanks for teh patience
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
> On 12/16/20 12:14 PM, Holger Vogt wrote:
> > Correction:
> >
> > analog.com and 5 other *.cm files should reside in kicad/lib/ngspice/
> >
> >
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