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Re: gEDA-user: gEDA Binary Suite v0.0.1 released
Did you build this with a script?
I would like to make a version for OS X ppc and intel platforms
Steve
On Feb 16, 2008 1:21 PM, Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ales --
>
> I just downloaded and ran your binary on my crufty SuSE9.1 machine.
> It worked great! Awesome work!
>
> Install was very easy. One minor snag: The first time I ran it, I
> tried to intall into /usr/local/gedasuite. That didn't work since I
> wasn't installing as root. Then I created the directory
> /usr/local/gedasuite as root, and re-ran the installer. This time it
> complained that /usr/local/gedasuite already existed, and asked me to
> delete the directory. So I deleted it and re-ran the installer as
> root. It worked this time.
>
> I'm not sure what one could do to change this. Maybe check to see if
> the install directory is a system directory and writable, and if not,
> then tell the user to become root and re-run the installer? It's a
> minor point in any event.
>
> A second strange thing: When I first fired up the program, I did
> this:
>
> 1. Sit in my $HOME directory.
>
> 2. type /usr/local/gedasuite/bin/gschem at the command line.
>
> 3. Wait a looooooooooong time while nothing happened. At least 10
> seconds, maybe more. At first I heard the disk do a seek, but that
> stopped after a while, and then nothing happened. I was not running
> top, so I don't know what the computer was doing......
>
> 4. <ctrl>-C the (non-running) program
>
> 5. cd /usr/local/gedasuite/bin/
>
> 6. type ./gschem at the command line.
>
> 7. This time, gschem started up within 3 to 5 seconds.
>
> 8. Later, I went back to $HOME, and re-ran geda by typing
> /usr/local/gedasuite/bin/geda, and it started fine.
>
> I don't know why it took so long the first time around. Did it have
> to do with starting up a DBUS daemon, or something like that? If so,
> then we'll need to put something about it into the notes.....
>
> > * Right now, xgsch2pcb is also linked to the executable name "geda".
>
> Yay! That's the right choice! Good thinking!
>
> > * The simulation programs will be added later if I can solve some
> > fundamental install and runtime issues.
>
> Good idea.
>
> Once you've shaken out any install bugs, how about posting a notice to
> sci.electronics.cad? If you don't want to do the posting, I can write
> up a quick blurb and release it.......
>
> One final thought: This is for the Peters too... I wonder if we
> should put the project HOWTOs into a directory distributed with the
> suite, and then put a "help" button into xgsch2pcb alongside the other
> buttons which would open one of the introductory HOWTOs in some kind
> of viewer. Also, we need to develop some type of HOWTO explaining how
> to start a project using xgsch2pcb, since there are several steps
> required....
>
> Thanks for the new gEDA Suite!
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
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