Andrew is correct. Many thanks.
On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 10:44:45 AM UTC-8 anlut...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't think there is a bug. Some paths are calculated based on install
> prefix and cached. If you change the install prefix you should clean cmake
> cache before build.
>
Hello,
I don't think there is a bug. Some paths are calculated based on install
prefix and cached. If you change the install prefix you should clean cmake
cache before build.
See
https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/blob/509b39e9e4523d053f7473bd8f755bc006e104ba/CMakeLists.txt#L556
Best,
Andrew
Hi William,
Am Montag, dem 23.01.2023 um 09:58 -0800 schrieb William Douglas:
> That being said, it is a very minor issue which will not impact many
> people. And if there is a workaround then it is even less important.
> Perhaps if I have some free time.
While the devlist is great for quic
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
Another thing that might help is the attached script. I use it to make test
builds of KiCad, and it doesn't require any special privileges. Just do a git
clone, then make a build subdirectory, and run the script like so:
git clone https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad.git
cd kicad
mkdir build-m
On 1/22/23 07:42 PM, William Douglas wrote:
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
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
