Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux build environment

2017-08-16 Thread Nick Østergaard
FWIW, fedora have a compat version in their repos which is built with gtk2. The packages can coexist. I am just stating this because they used to only have it built againt gtk3. Den 16. aug. 2017 10.29 PM skrev "Wayne Stambaugh" : > Make sure whatever distro you are using has not built wxWidgets

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux build environment

2017-08-16 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Make sure whatever distro you are using has not built wxWidgets using gtk3. This is known to cause all kinds of issues. If you disto has done this, you will have to rebuild wxWidgets against gtk2 in order to build KiCad. On 8/16/2017 8:10 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On 16.08.2017 09:16,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux build environment

2017-08-16 Thread Adam Wolf
I test installing the dependencies from the package manager, and then downloading the KiCad source and compiling it on a clean 16.04 machine every day and have been for a few months. If they start to fail, I'll poke the list. Adam Wolf On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:10 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Linux build environment

2017-08-16 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 16.08.2017 09:16, Ingo Kletti wrote: > Is there a preferred Linux distro/build environment? No, it should work in any Linux distro where the requirements can be met. Requiring people to install a different distribution than they are used to would be a barrier to entry. If there is a prob

[Kicad-developers] Linux build environment

2017-08-16 Thread Ingo Kletti
I'm forwarding a question from the kicad.info forum (https://forum.kicad.info/t/preferred-linux-kicad-build-environment/7446): "Is there a preferred Linux Kicad build environment? I assume Linux since I personally use primarily Xubuntu 16.04, since it is the latest LTS. Are there any known bui