Linux
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Installation
Installation on linux is normaly done using the package manager of your distro.
For Debian-based distros like Ubuntu you should use apt-get/aptitude or synaptic
For RPM-based distros like Fedora and CentOS you should use yum or yumex.
Only for newer releases and snapshot install from the official KiCad build which can be downloaded from the authors website.
http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad
You must have libc.so.6 (does not work with libc.so.5)
su root cd /usr/local tar zxvf kicad.tgz unzip kicad.zip, cd /usr/local/kicad/bin chmod 755 * /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad
If you use KDE, users can copy the shortcut /usr/local/kicad/bin/kicad.desktop in <user home directory>/Desktop and use it to run kicad.
3D Wings
(Usefull only if you plan to create 3D shapes for Printed board modules) Archive and doc files (Linux and windows ) are in ../kicad/wing3d goto www.wings3d.org to have more details. Pcbnew use the exported files in wrml (.wrl) format from wings3d (not the native .wings format).
Documentation
"On line" in pdf format. source files in OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) format. Can be read, printed and/or modified with OpenOffice. See files in kicad/doc/help/xx/doc_src/*
Files
- kicad/bin: binaries
- kicad/share/library: libraries for schematic
- kicad/share/library/doc: documentation files for schematic components (.pdf)
- kicad/share/modules: module libraries for printed boards.
- *.mod are the libraries,
- *.brd are printed board you can see with pcbnew
- *.brd show the existing modules (and 3D shapes) in libraries.
- kicad/share/modules/packages3d: many 3D shapes (.wrl et .wings format) for existing modules
- kicad/share/demos: Usefull...
- kicad/share/internat: dictionnaries for the G.U.I.
- kicad/doc/help/xx: Help files (in french)
- kicad/doc/help/xx/doc_src: Documentation source files (OpenOffice).
- kicad/doc/tutorial: some tutorials under OpenOffice.
Warning
Do not change the kicad tree, or the location of binary files, or kicad will **not** be able to find other kicad files (configuration, libraries...)
