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5.4 KiB
163 lines
5.4 KiB
KiCad installation
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The parts of KiCad
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KiCad consists of 3 components:
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kicad - KiCad programs and core files.
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kicad-doc - Documentation and interactive help (optional package).
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kicad-library - Schematic symbol, PCB footprint, and 3D model libraries (optional package).
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This repository contains the source code for the main KiCad programs. The documentation
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and library sources are available at https://gitlab.com/kicad
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Installation from binary packages
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Compiled KiCad binaries exist for Windows (8.1, 10), macOS (10.14+), and several
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Linux distributions (Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch). These are available from the
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main KiCad website: https://kicad.org/download/
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Data files (schematics, boards, libraries) are compatible with all platforms.
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Installation from binary packages for Windows
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KiCad can be installed anywhere on the system as long as the user has write privileges.
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Pre-made installers are available on the KiCad website: https://kicad.org/download/windows/
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Installation from binary packages for Linux
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KiCad comes packaged on many Linux platforms including Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu and Arch,
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and is available in their respective package repositories. More information can be found on
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the platform's page at https://kicad.org/download/
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Linux install tree
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The default locations KiCad uses to install its components on Linux are:
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${prefix}/bin - Binaries (executable files).
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${prefix}/lib/kicad - Shared libraries.
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${prefix}/share/doc/kicad - Various documentation.
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${prefix}/share/doc/kicad/help - Interactive help.
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${prefix}/share/kicad/demos - Sample schematics and printed boards.
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${prefix}/share/kicad/template - Template projects and sheets.
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${prefix}/share/kicad/library - Schematic symbol libraries.
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${prefix}/share/kicad/modules - PCB footprint libraries.
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${prefix}/share/kicad/3dmodels - 3D component models (.wrl and .step format).
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${prefix}/share/kicad/resources - Resource files (images, etc).
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Warning:
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Do not change the KiCad tree, or the location of binary files. Otherwise
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KiCad may not be able to find some or all of its required files.
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macOS KiCad tree
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System wide files
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/Library/Application Support/kicad/help
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/Library/Application Support/kicad/template
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/Library/Application Support/kicad/library
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/Library/Application Support/kicad/modules
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/Library/Application Support/kicad/3dmodels
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User files can be the same as the system wide files but only inside the user's home directory.
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$HOME/Library/Application Support/kicad
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Warning:
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These paths are hardcoded into KiCad, if you put them somewhere else KiCad will not find
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them when a new project is created.
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Installation from source code
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Currently the only supported compilers are GCC on Linux and Windows and Clang on macOS.
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Some dependencies must be satisfied for the correct installation of KiCad:
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wxWidgets >= 3.0.0 http://www.wxwidgets.org/
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CMake >= 3.10.0 https://www.cmake.org/
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Boost C++ Libraries >= 1.59 https://www.boost.org/
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OpenGL >= 2.1
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Linux: Mesa 3D Graphics Library http://www.mesa3d.org/
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Windows: built-in
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Zlib Compression Library http://www.zlib.net/
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cairo >= 1.12 http://cairographics.org/
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GLEW http://glew.sourceforge.net/
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libcurl http://curl.haxx.se/
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OpenMP (optional) http://openmp.org/
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GLM >= 9.5.4 http://glm.g-truc.net/
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pkg-config http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/
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Doxygen (optional) http://www.doxygen.nl
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Python >= 2.6 (optional) https://python.org/
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wxPython (optional) http://www.wxpython.org/
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SWIG >= 3.0 (optional) http://swig.org/
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libngspice (optional) http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/
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One of:
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OCE >= 0.18 (optional) https://github.com/tpaviot/oce
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OCC >= 6.9.0 (optiona) https://www.opencascade.com/content/latest-release
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Complete documentation for building from source can be found at: https://dev-docs.kicad.org/
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Important parameters to CMake
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See https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/build/compile-options/ for a list of all compile options.
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-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<buildtype>
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<buildtype> may be one of "Debug", "Release", or "RelWithDebInfo".
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-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<prefix>
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Default to "/usr/local".
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-DwxWidgets_ROOT_DIR=<wxInstallDir>
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Required for Windows platform.
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-DwxWidgets_USE_DEBUG=ON
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Can be used only with -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
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-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=<some extra flags>
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Extra flags for the C++ compiler required for your system.
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-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON
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When more output is wanted use this cmake parameter or call "make VERBOSE=1".
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Extra CFLAGS and linker flags
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If you require extra flags for compiler and linker you may give them via
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environment variables
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"CXXFLAGS" (c++ compiler)
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"LDFLAGS" (for linker)
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"CFLAGS" (for c-compiler, not needed in kdesvn build)
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