Kicad nightly / External plugins

Bibibo · August 31, 2018, 3:18pm

Hello,

i am using the last nightly version from repository and pcbnew still does not see plugins. Do i need any special version of Kicad ?

pedro · August 31, 2018, 4:10pm

Check your version info under Help-> About kicad

If
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF

you’ll need a version compiled with python support.

bobc · August 31, 2018, 4:11pm

Yes, one with scripting enabled build for your platform (which I can’t guess).

Bibibo · August 31, 2018, 5:05pm

Yes, it is off. It is no good because i am using Ubuntu 18.04 and there is still some problem with compilation.
There are some errors like wxPython, wxWidgets gtk2/gtk3 and i did not find how to fix it.

Rene_Poschl · August 31, 2018, 5:07pm

Now you know why it is off in the official package

EL84 · November 16, 2018, 11:45am

Does anyone know whether KiCad 5, either a stable Version 5.0.x (or a later nightly) can be compiled under Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS with KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON ? Where can I check? Thanks for any pointers!

Shack · November 16, 2018, 10:55pm

I believe it should work in nightlies, but just haven’t been enabled

Rene_Poschl · November 16, 2018, 11:30pm

I think ubuntu 16.04 should still offer the wx python libs compiled against gtk2. This should allow you to compile kicad with python support under this system.

EL84 · November 17, 2018, 5:05pm

Found that the nightly built for my platform has KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON … saved me the compilation effort. Thanks!

system · February 15, 2019, 5:05pm

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