For anyone else having this issue:
to make it work i had to untar the .tgz as stated in install.txt, as this was done with sudo-priveliges i had to change owner of all the files using 'sudo chown -R name:name kicad' on the directory, then go into kicad/bin and do a 'chmod 755 *'. Aledgedly, the reason it didn't work after this is because of a conflict inbetween 32-bit and 64-bit versions of libjpeg, 'sudo apt-get install libjpeg62:i386' solved that.
thanks
Karl
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Fr?n: Andy Eskelson <andyyahoo@...>
Till: kicad-users@...
Skickat: m?ndag, 16 juli 2012 17:25
?mne: Re: [kicad-users] Cannot install Kicad 2012-01-19 on Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu has been known to make the odd mess-up from time to time, so
that might be a possibility.
For an install, this is what I do: (on SUSE)
** You MUST be root **
Kicad lives in usr/local
there is a kicad directory
I rename that to kicad-old
I then use a root file manager to open the kicad archive.
Then I drag the kicad directory into /usr/local
Enter the kicad directory and as you surmise it's the bin directory
rather than linux and check the permissions there, do a chmod 755 * if
necessary
That's it all done.
Switching between the two versions is then a simple matter of renaming
the directories
If you get problems after that then you may have to install some other
list that ubuntu has left out, but see how things go first.
It's also worth running from a shell so that you can see any error
messages as well.
(Just looking for a few more clues)
Andy
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:31:13 -0000
"elektrodwarf" <elektrodwarf@...> wrote:
Tried multiple things; first off INSTALL.TXT refers to a non-existant "linux" directory which i assume to be the BIN directory. Nevertheless none of the files will execute after changing permissions; nautilus does nothing and the terminal simply says kicad isn't installed.
Tried installing the version of kicad found in Ubuntu Software Center and then overwrite all those (old) files with the new ones in the .tgz but to no avail, kicad reports a problem with libjpeg.so.62 in that case.
The whole reason i want the latest version is because the one found in the software center won't let me change track width even tho i've edited the design rules...
Any help appreciated!
Karl
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