If you want the default install path to be something other than
${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}, set ${DEFAULT_INSTALL_PATH} during config to
the desired path.On 5/24/20 4:59 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > Maybe some of thar stuff depends on CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in some > unexpected way? > > lør. 23. maj 2020 22.38 skrev Ian McInerney <ian.s.mciner...@ieee.org > <mailto:ian.s.mciner...@ieee.org>>: > > Have you tried redefining the environment variables to point to the > correct system libraries? Specifically I believe the 4 you need are: > KICAD_TEMPLATE_DIR (the templates) > KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR (the eeschema symbols) > KISYSMOD (the modules) > KISYS3DMOD (the 3d models) > > -Ian > > > > On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 8:50 PM Johannes Maibaum <jmaib...@gmail.com > <mailto:jmaib...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello KiCad developers, > > TL;DR: > How can I redefine the default system > footprint/symbols/packages3d/templates base search paths at > build time > using CMake options, so that KISYSMOD, KISYS3DMOD, > KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR, and > KICAD_TEMPLATE_DIR all point to the directories: > > > $PREFIX/data/share/kicad/{modules,modules/packages3d,symbols,templates} > > instead of: > > $PREFIX/share/kicad/{modules,modules/packages3d,symbols,templates}? > > > Longer version: > > First a quick update from flatpak land: > > This week I merged the update to KiCad 5.1.6, fixed the ngspice > simulator in Eeschema, activated Python scripting, and added user > documentation to the KiCad flatpak. This means that flatpak > users by now > get a KiCad experience that should support close to all features > that > the software package offers. > > But what I would like to do in order to make the installed size > (currently 6.2GB, mostly due to the 3D packages) a little bit more > controllable from the user perspective [1] is to move the footprint, > symbols, 3D models, and templates into separate "flatpak app > extensions" > which can then be installed or removed independently of the main > application. > > The way flatpak extensions work is that you basically define an > "extension mount point" inside your main flatpak (I chose > /app/data) for > whatever files and directories an installed extension wants to > add into > the bundle. > > I have set up those library extensions already, and they are being > mounted correctly inside the flatpak at runtime, but so far I wasn't > able to configure KiCad correctly to use this mount point as > base dir > for the data files. > > So far, I have tried either -DDEFAULT_INSTALL_PATH=/app/data or > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR=/app/data during CMake configuration in two > different test builds (as those two options were appearing in > CMakeLists.txt and the surrounding lines seemed to indicate that > they > were doing what I was trying to achieve). > > Yet, none of the two did change anything (though I didn't try > using both > together yet) regarding to the KiCad system paths. This is what > I see in > "Preferences->Configure Paths" with or without redefining the CMake > options: > > KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR=/app/share/kicad/library > KICAD_TEMPLATE_DIR=/app/share/kicad/template > KISY3DSMOD=/app/share/kicad/modules/packages3d > KISYSMOD=/app/share/kicad/modules > > I saw further CMake options which are all marked as advanced, > thus I did > not try them yet. > > Is there a way to achieve what I want to do with the current set of > CMake switches or would this need deeper plumbing? > > > Here's my current CMake setup: > > "config-opts": [ > "-DBOOST_ROOT=/app", > "-DDEFAULT_INSTALL_PATH=/app/data", > "-DGLEW_INCLUDE_DIR=/app/include/GL", > "-DOPENGL_glu_LIBRARY=/app/lib/libGLU.so", > "-DKICAD_BUILD_QA_TESTS=OFF", > "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON", > "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON" > ] > > (--prefix=/app is the default in flatpak land). > > > And version info: > > Application: KiCad > Version: 5.1.6, release build > Libraries: > wxWidgets 3.0.5 > libcurl/7.65.3-DEV GnuTLS/3.6.13 (NSS/3.46.1) (OpenSSL/1.1.1d) > zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.2.0 > Platform: Linux 5.6.14-arch1-1 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK > Build Info: > wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) > GTK+ > 3.24 > Boost: 1.66.0 > OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1 > Curl: 7.65.3-DEV > Compiler: GCC 9.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013 > > Build settings: > USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF > USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON > KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON > BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON > KICAD_USE_OCE=ON > KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF > KICAD_SPICE=ON > > > > Cheers, > Johannes > > > [1] To quote a user: "KiCad is AFAIK the biggest flatpak on > Flathub" ( > > https://github.com/flathub/org.kicad_pcb.KiCad/issues/19#issuecomment-632761066 > ) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
