Problem with BOM Generation

Tim_Wescott · August 22, 2016, 6:44pm

In short:

I updated to KiCad 4.0 recently. Love the improvements, but I can’t make BOMs
I’m kinda going by this thread: https://forum.kicad.info/t/bom-generation-in-new-kicad-windows/228
I installed from a package instead of building from source, so apparently this means I don’t get the necessary BOM scripts. I downloaded them from: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/tree/master/eeschema/plugins
When I try getting a BOM, it doesn’t work. See the picture. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5lSHlBBxGvjNnItZVdDZG54aTg/view?usp=sharing

I’m clueless here – any help is appreciated. I just want a freaking BOM here, nothing complicated.

Tim_Wescott · August 22, 2016, 6:56pm

Never mind. It appears that I needed to install xsltproc.

I will, of course, whine about this some more if I run into more problems.

coolp_jim · August 22, 2016, 8:26pm

Are you on Windows? If so, xsltproc.exe should be in “…\Program Files\KiCad\bin”.

SchrodingersGat · August 22, 2016, 10:09pm

Have a look at KiBoM
KiBoM - Python BOM Generation tool for another option.