Re: gEDA-user: PCB library problems

[sdb@xxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Brorson)]

Gsch2pcb's default directories are hardcoded into the /usr/local
hierarchy.  If your footprints don't live in the expected places, you
can specify where they live using a "projectrc" file.  For example, my
projectrc file holds this:


schematics OptProxSensor_1.sch
m4-pcbdir /usr/local/geda/share/pcb/m4
elements-dir ./footprints
output-name OptProxSensor


the elements-dir line points to the location where I put my local
newlib footprints.  You can have more than one elements-dir line
specifying different directories. 

Then, to run gsch2pcb, you'd say:

gsch2pcb projectrc

HTH!

Stuart






> 
> People,
> 
> I've installed Pcb-20050315 using a CDROM disk created from a gEDA
> download.  The "geda-install" directory resides at /usr/tools/ and as
> far as I can tell, the other gEDA tools I have been using function
> properly, especially gschem, gnetlist (in its various forms), and Icarus
> Verilog, all of which I have tested and used extensively.
> 
> When I start PCB, it appears to be able to function correctly, but I
> have a problem with gsch2pcb.  That program can't seem to find my
> "newlib" files (even though PCB seems to find them OK).
> 
> I suspect an environment variable problem or possibly privileges
> problems.  Any suggestions?
> 
> 	Harold Skank
> 
>