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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] binary tarball for x86_64 
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Hi all,

I'm proud to announce yet another experiment on raising user activity: the 
binary tarball of pcb-rnd. This allows users to try pcb-rnd on 
Linux on x86_64 without downloading sources or compiling anything. This is 
a pre-alpha version to see if there's anyone interested at all. It worked 
on my system but has not been tested anywhere else yet.

This is also a poll: if you try it, please send me an email in private 
about how it worked (or failed), what scripting languages you would use if 
they were available. I'm also interested in your general 
comments/suggestions after the testrun.

I will go on spending time on the binary distribution only if there 
are at least 5 users doing *actual testruns* with it and they are 
reporting in.

Features
~~~~~~~~

  - all the core pcb-rnd features (e.g. internal connections in footprints, 
display shorts using minimal cut, funny pin shapes)

  - parametric footprint support in core

  - parametric footprint integrated with the gtk HID (open the 
library window and type dip(12))

  - support for multiple HIDs (try --gui lesstif)

  - scripting! In this very first version of the binary distribution awk, 
lua and ruby are supported (don't try the others, they will fail; from a 
proper installation from source there are at least 8 languages working 
fine)


How to get it
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Download the tarball and unpack it in your home:

http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/pcb-rnd.tar.bz2

It all works from ~/pcb-rnd/ and should not write files outside of that 
dir unless you explicitly ask it to (e.g. with save as). If you don't 
trust it add a new user for the test. No root needed anywhere in the 
process.

You can get example scripts from the pcb-rnd rosetta project 
at http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/gpmi/rosetta/index.html and load them 
using the GUI or config files.

There's a file called INSTALL in the tarball that describes what you need 
to do after the unpack (basically just run ./pcb-rnd or put it on your 
PATH).

Regards,

Igor2

P.S. Disclaimer: I do realize this is not the proper way software should 
be installed. This is a quick hack to ease testing.