X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=RT8qSgaCA1J+yOeE0aBcIa4LfQdqB8MhxL1TKlF3VIs=; b=lziEoJyMgh/crH0Lp6/kZAiEvrJyiRRUYSv/IEPj4QiRMz8DMezps5OCK0ig5lyQqC 7gLCVSx1uqMau9eHLOFJ+FKTTlamJtbpq9ZIRZuFHwX1sDryjJ0chE0C5ExDk6wXgrWW FYrwmBxfSGLNV8JbsLXCl8w/hE1P656vRwl0Z+lIE68Fp0jTGW6Ugx+baG3k/Iijud3m qUmZc0i93sTRGAFhgdh1+9t2gM1Z4JJVmkg68tNZOFPwRHqzFDjIvEL7IIsDbV3C/Vpj M/IBNi3NO/F0NldULQH98kGN06+1g6tWDOiiWWUyPn8oH8I1sVETr/kJnkW2DBOWWbmj OTGg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.206.108 with SMTP id ln12mr7021474lac.84.1440527687520; Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:34:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:34:47 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] binary tarball for x86_64 From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:19 AM, wrote: > 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. > Apologies, I will test anything except naked binaries people hand me. It is not that I love waiting for compiling to happen or that I don't trust you. It is just too easy in our times for someone malicious to insert things. -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/