Re: [kicad] Linux build and install - but not as root (broken)

2023-01-23 Thread William Douglas
; cache before build. > > See > https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/blob/509b39e9e4523d053f7473bd8f755bc006e104ba/CMakeLists.txt#L556 > > Best, > Andrew > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 4:42 PM William Douglas > wrote: > >> Just tried compiling the latest version o

Re: [kicad] Linux build and install - but not as root (broken)

2023-01-23 Thread William Douglas
Thanks, I will give it a try. I still believe the '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=' setting should behave as expected. When I executed the compiled kicad, the GUI opened but then failed because it was searching for images in the /usr/local/... directory. This is just wrong. That being said, it is a v

[kicad] Linux build and install - but not as root (broken)

2023-01-22 Thread William Douglas
Just tried compiling the latest version of KiCad direct from source. For the "INSTALL_PREFIX" I specified a directory within my home directory. This was to prevent the new build from impacting my system. After building I attempted to install as the current user. This should be fine but it tu

[kicad] UI improvement - option for "reapply"

2022-09-22 Thread William Douglas
Hello All, Users of "vi" will recognize this function. After performing a command, pressing "." will repeat that command in a different location. I thought this could prove useful in KiCAD. Assume a user sets the value of a component - say a resistor to 10K. This would be the "command". T