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Contact me for more details. |
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== Installation from release archive == |
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kicad-{year}-{month}-{day}.zip - archive with statically linked KiCad for Windows XP and 2000 (not Windows 98). |
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kicad-{year}{month}{day}.zip - archive with statically linked KiCad for Windows XP and 2000 (not Windows 98). |
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or |
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kicad-{year}-{month}-{day}.tar.bz2 - archive with statically linked KiCad for Linux. |
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kicad-{year}{month}{day}.tar.bz2 - archive with statically linked KiCad for Linux. |
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Untar or unzip KiCad archive (this create the KiCad tree in the current directory). |
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=== Under Windows: === |
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Goto C:\ or D:\ (or other prefered directory). |
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Examples are for an install on C:\. |
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Unzip archive kicad-{year}-{month}-{day}.zip |
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Unzip archive kicad-{year}{month}{day}.zip |
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You must have created c:\kicad. |
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Windows executables are in c:\kicad\winexe. |
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The main program is kicad.exe and from it you can run other programs |
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You do must have libc.so.6 (KiCad doesn't work with libc.so.5) |
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You must have the "root" rights. |
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goto /usr/local |
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Untar kicad-{year}-{month}-{day}.tar.bz2 by command |
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tar -jxf kicad-{year}-{month}-{day}.tar.bz2. |
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(It is possible to unzip KiCad.zip: unzip KiCad.zip, |
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and goto /usr/local/kicad/linux and run chmod 755 *) |
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The main program is /usr/local/kicad/linux/kicad |
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If you use KDE, then you can copy the shortcut /usr/local/kicad/linux/kicad.desktop |
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Untar kicad-{year}{month}{day}.tar.bz2 by command |
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tar -xjpf kicad-{year}{month}{day}.tar.bz2. |
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The main program is /usr/local/bin/kicad |
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If you use KDE, then you can copy the shortcut /usr/local/share/kicad/kicad.desktop |
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in <user home directory>/Desktop and use it to run kicad. |
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== 3D modeler wings3D: == |
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(Usefull only if you plan to create 3D shapes for Printed board modules) |
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Archive and doc files (Linux and windows ) are in ../kicad/wing3d |
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goto www.wings3d.org to have more details. |
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Pcbnew use the exported files in wrml (.wrl) format from wings3d (not the native .wings format). |
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== Documentation: == |
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Currenty not only in french. |
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"On line" in html format. |
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Source files (200 sheets) are in OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) format. |
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Currenty in different languages. |
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Interactive help in HTML format. |
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Source files (200 sheets) are in OpenOffice.org (www.openoffice.org) format and |
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can be obtained from kicad-doc-x.y.tar.bz2 archive (in doc_src directory). |
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Can be read, printed and/or modified with OpenOffice.org Writer. |
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See files in kicad/help/doc_src/* |
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KiCad tree: |
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kicad/winexe: windows (XP et 2000 compatible) binaries. |
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kicad/linux: linux binaries (Mandrake 9.2 and 10.0 tested, |
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probably work fine for distributions who have an recent libc) |
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kicad/library: libraries for schematic |
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kicad/library/doc: documentation files for schematic components (.pdf) |
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(readable from schematic if you have acrobat ou Xpdf) |
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kicad/modules: module libraries for printed boards. |
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== Windows KiCad tree: == |
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kicad/bin - binaries (executable files). |
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kicad/doc/ - Various documentation. |
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kicad/doc/help - Interactive help. |
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kicad/share/demos - demos of schematic and printed boards. |
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kicad/share/internat - dictionaries for interface localization. |
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kicad/share/library - libraries for schematic. |
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kicad/share/modules - module libraries for printed boards. |
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kicad/share/modules/packages3d - many 3D shapes (.wrl and .wings |
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format) for existing modules. |
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files *.mod are the libraries, |
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and files *.brd are printed board you can see with pcbnew |
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files *.brd show the existing modules (and 3D shapes) in libraries. |
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kicad/modules/packages3d: many 3D shapes (.wrl et .wings format) for existing modules |
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kicad/demos: Usefull... |
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kicad/internat: dictionnaires des langues (actuellement anglais->francais) pour les menus |
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kicad/help: On line help (in french) |
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kicad/help/doc_src: Documentation (in french) (source doc, 200 sheets) under OpenOffice. |
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== Linux KiCad tree: == |
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/usr/local/bin - binaries (executable files). |
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/usr/local/share/doc/kicad/ - Various documentation. |
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/usr/local/share/doc/kicad/help - Interactive help. |
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/usr/local/share/kicad/demos - demos of schematic and printed boards. |
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/usr/local/share/kicad/internat - dictionaries for interface localization. |
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/usr/local/share/kicad/library - libraries for schematic. |
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/usr/local/share/kicad/modules - module libraries for printed boards. |
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/usr/local/share/kicad/modules/packages3d - many 3D shapes (.wrl and .wings |
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format) for existing modules. |
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files *.mod are the libraries, |
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and files *.brd are printed board you can see with pcbnew |
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files *.brd show the existing modules (and 3D shapes) in libraries. |
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Warning: |
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Do not change the KiCad tree, or the location of binary files, |
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