Problem with installing on Ubuntu 15.04 with Python Scripting

Software
#1

Can anyone offer some advice on how to enable python scripting when I build on Ubuntu 15.04?

I have used the kicad-install.sh script to successfully build kicad, and can also manually build it. What I can’t do is enable scripting. Uncommenting the following line has no effect on scripting being included in the build:

OPTS="$OPTS -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON"

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks
Lee

#2

cmake -KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON -KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON -KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON …/

works for me on mint

#3

Hi Michal
I’ve tried that but it still doesn’t seem to work.
Lee

#4

Make sure you have wxgtk 3.0 and wxpython 3.0

#5

Try edit CMakeLists.txt:

option( KICAD_SCRIPTING
“Build the Python scripting support inside KiCad binaries (default OFF).”
ON)

option( KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES
“Build KiCad Python modules that can be used from scripting languages (default OFF).”
ON)

option( KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON
“Build wxPython implementation for wx interface building in Python and py.shell (default OFF).”
ON)

#6

Hi Michal

I tried editing CMakeLists.txt as you suggested. I uninstalled, reinstalled and repeated a few times. I tried using the kicad-install script and also installing manually. None of these worked. What did work is editing CMakeCache.txt. After doing this and then running make, Kicad then built with scripting

Thanks
Lee

#7

Hi @leestanton. I had the same problem and I solved this, downloading again the source, and run the following.
cmake -DKICAD_SKIP_BOOST=YES -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON …/
I have ArchLinux and install:

  • boost 1.58
  • swig 3.0.7
  • wxpython2.8 2.8.12
  • wxgtk 3.0.2