To be more clear, xxx (in general) must be a deb source package name which is found in your active repositories.
for the case /kidev/kicad-master/ path is a problem I restarted using git clone and put the nightly source deb file into that directory
jv@JamesWebb:~$ git clone -b master https://git.launchpad.net/kicad
Cloning into 'kicad'...
remote: Counting objects: 203771, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (33261/33261), done.
remote: Total 203771 (delta 170290), reused 203195 (delta 169997)
Receiving objects: 100% (203771/203771), 142.39 MiB | 5.90 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (170290/170290), done.
jv@JamesWebb:~$ cd kicad
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ ls
3d-viewer copyright.h helpers LICENSE.GPLv3 pcbnew thirdparty
AUTHORS.txt CTestConfig.cmake include LICENSE.ISC plugins tools
bitmap2component cvpcb INSTALL.txt LICENSE.MIT qa uncrustify.cfg
bitmaps_png demos kicad LICENSE.README README.txt utils
_clang-format Documentation libs new resources
CMakeLists.txt Doxyfile LICENSE.AGPLv3 pagelayout_editor scripting
CMakeModules eeschema LICENSE.BOOSTv1_0 patches scripts
common gerbview LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 pcb_calculator template
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ ls
3d-viewer gerbview pagelayout_editor
AUTHORS.txt helpers patches
bitmap2component include pcb_calculator
bitmaps_png INSTALL.txt pcbnew
_clang-format kicad plugins
CMakeLists.txt kicad-nightly_202001271547+48ae188~100~ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb qa
CMakeModules libs README.txt
common LICENSE.AGPLv3 resources
copyright.h LICENSE.BOOSTv1_0 scripting
CTestConfig.cmake LICENSE.CC-BY-SA-4.0 scripts
cvpcb LICENSE.GPLv3 template
demos LICENSE.ISC thirdparty
Documentation LICENSE.MIT tools
Doxyfile LICENSE.README uncrustify.cfg
eeschema new utils
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ sudo apt-get build-dep kicad-nightly_202001271547+48ae188~100~ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
- sorry I pasted wrong content into wrong formating box - now edit is finish…
No, the apt-get build-dep command has nothing to do with your cloned source code. You must give it the .deb source package name. If you install a nightly build from the ppa with package name “kicad-nightly” you give that same name to the build-dep command. It doesn’t know anything about your current working directory or your own source code. It installs the build dependencies for the debian/ubuntu package.
It works for your own build only because the ppa packages and the master branch of KiCad happen to have the same dependencies. After all, the nightly build packages have been compiled from the master branch.
Not really understanding what to do: Kicad Master requires some libraries e.g. OpenGL (with archives, headers or more) to compile. The command sudo apt-get build-dep reallycomplicatedandlongpackagename.deb means to install all dependencies for ‘packagename’ so that I can build it. Instead of this I build the master from source. It is not possible to solve the depencies by master source repository becouse doing so seems a property of the debian package (?) Thats why I put the .deb filename as a parameter to apt-get build-deb (what seems obviosly wrong ?)
Sorry, not the .deb package name but the same name you use when you install the binary application with apt-get.
Think about it this way:
Let’s pretend you don’t have the git repository cloned so that it doesn’t confuse us. Let’s say you would like to compile the ubuntu ppa package from scratch for whatever reason (for example want to apply a patch to the source code to fix something) and create a new .deb package.
For that end you need all build time dependencies. Debian based (as well as RedHat based) distros have a simple way to install those dependencies for that package. The dependencies are for the corresponding source package. But by “package” I don’t mean the .deb package file name, but the package name as you use it when you install it with apt. Use that same name for the source package.
After you have run apt-get build-dep with that package name you should have all the build time dependencies for that package installed. Not just development libraries, but all build time programs, too.
Those newly installed packages naturally fullfill the needs of the self-downloaded source code of the same application, provided that the ubuntu packager hasn’t left anything out with build time (in this case cmake) switches. If you need something else, it’s still easier to find than every and each dependency one by one.
Sorry again. I never used apt nor launchpad and also git is new for me. Seems the deb file is useless for apt-get build-dep because limited to the binaries while the depency detection requires to scan source from the ppa package to build depency tree (?) Therefore I have to find out the correct ppa:js-reynaud… nightly address as the correct parameter for apt-get build-deb. This ppa is not distribution dependend and launchpad generates the nightly distribution dependend binaries from that. I tried following:
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-nightly
KiCad nightly packages (master branch)
* provide separation between stable and daily build packages (like Freecad does)
* Allow installation of KiCad stable and daily on the same machine
* This version can be unstable (dev branch of KiCad)
KiCad now need boost >= 1.59. Xenial is no more compatible.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~js-reynaud/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-dev-nightly
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/ppa-kicad/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15,4 kB]
Hit:6 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/ppa-kicad/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [7.744 B]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/ppa-kicad/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:5 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ sudo apt-get build-dep kicad
Reading package lists... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$ sudo apt-get build-dep kicad-dev-nightly
Reading package lists... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad$
For whatever reason I had to start Software&Updates->OtherSoftware->Edit and enable the box on the ppa Source Code line entry. Depency tree now seems to build and install fine and OpenGL is no more missed by cmake.
Unfortunately there is another problem with libngspice. As I wont touch the simulation it should be feasible to compile without that. How is the cmake command line with disable switch?
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad/build/debug$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug KICAD_SPICE=OFF ../../
-- KiCad install dir: </usr/local>
-- Check for installed GLEW -- found
-- Boost version: 1.65.1
*** NGSPICE library missing ***
Most of ngspice packages do not provide the required libngspice library.
You can either compile ngspice configured with --with-ngshared parameter
or run a script that does the job for you:
cd ./scripting/build_tools
chmod +x get_libngspice_so.sh
./get_libngspice_so.sh
sudo ./get_libngspice_so.sh install
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:137 (message):
Could NOT find ngspice (missing: NGSPICE_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:378 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
CMakeModules/Findngspice.cmake:63 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:668 (find_package)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/jv/kicad/build/debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad/build/debug$
IIRC you have to unset these three:
KICAD_SPICE
NGSPICE_INCLUDE_DIR
NGSPICE_LIBRARY
pip install wxPython fails possibly for any problems with GTK.
What to unset to compile without scripting ?
The CMakeLists.txt at the root has all the relevant flags:
Set KicadScripting in that file (Line 65, 69, 77) OFF but cmake reports:
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad/build/debug$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../../
-- KiCad install dir: </usr/local>
-- Check for installed GLEW -- found
-- Boost version: 1.65.1
-- Check for installed Python Interpreter -- found
-- Python module install path: lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named wx
CMake Error at CMakeModules/FindwxPython.cmake:52 (message):
wxPython/Phoenix does not appear to be installed on the system
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:780 (find_package)
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/jv/kicad/build/debug/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
jv@JamesWebb:~/kicad/build/debug$
Is there any copy for editing in the build dir in use ?
You should pass it on the command line rather than editing the file, like -DKICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF after the -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release. IIRC you might also need -DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
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Wow: Make with full compile went through below one hour, install and invoking Kicad also successful. Once I have this on my laptop I can register to the Friday workshop of @Seth_h …
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Cool! See you there 
Up on now, there is no luck with my laptop.
The apt tool cannot find the ppa personal archive.
See my post here:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2435974
If you just run add-apt-repository it will not enable the sources.
You need something like add-apt-repository -s ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-nightly
The -s flag enables the deb-src line in the sources file it will create.
See: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/add-apt-repository.1.html
Same with -s. At least the -s parameter sets the tick box in Software&Update-Other List what I did manually before. Maybe I can try Ubuntu downgrade from 19.10 to 18.04LTS to be same as on my desktop
Oh, like the person replied on the forums, the name of the package you want is kicad-nightly.
Try apt-get build-dep kicad-nightly