Hi Wayne, >From the page you linked, 18.04 is not a supported system and has never been supported for v6. We had decided some time ago that we would support Ubuntu LTS versions for 1 year after the release of the next LTS [1].
Jean-Samuel, you may be able to use the mhier PPA[2] as the source for newer Boost versions that will allow KiCad on older Ubuntus. -Seth [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg43255.html [2] https://launchpad.net/~mhier/+archive/ubuntu/libboost-latest/+packages On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 6:06 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > It looks like someone back ported some random number generator fixes > from master that are not available in boost 1.56 which is the minimum > version in the 6.0 branch. We should address this since 18.04 LTS is a > supported system[1]. > > > [1]:https://www.kicad.org/help/system-requirements/ > > On 5/9/22 4:05 AM, Jean-Samuel Reynaud wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As I see, since one of those commits: > > 891c919c239223ef601284a8f166d0f229f6b030 > > 0ea7dabc1271dbc77b8d5764e4eecbeba85903d6 > > e1cd74dd78031b002737a79ddffcf3489d74105c > > 4d8297a1f6f18d59cb38361b88a959d7af062480 > > > > KiCad is unable to build on Ubuntu 18.04. I guess it's a boost version > > issue (Boost is 1.65.1 on Ubuntu 18.04). > > The build error: > > kicad/common/kiid.cpp:50:73: required from here > > /usr/include/boost/random/detail/seed_impl.hpp:269:9: error: ‘class > > boost::uuids::detail::seed_rng’ has no member named ‘generate’ > > seq.generate(&storage[0], &storage[0] + ((w+31)/32) * n); > > ~~~~^~~~~~~~ > > > > > > You can take a look as the build output at > > > https://launchpadlibrarian.net/600354670/buildlog_ubuntu-bionic-amd64.kicad_6.0.0+nightly-202205081117+43b8adad1a~116~ubuntu18.04.1_BUILDING.txt.gz > > (large log, error message near the end ;) > > > > > > Is this version of Ubuntu is still supported for 6.0 branch ? (for me > > yes since the Ubuntu support is up to April 2023)... > > Note that it affect version 6.0.5 (6.0.4 was built correctly) > > > > Regards, > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- [image: KiCad Services Corporation Logo] Seth Hillbrand *Lead Developer* +1-530-302-5483 Long Beach, CA www.kipro-pcb.com i...@kipro-pcb.com
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