local copy of stuffs - acrixl/kikad_info GitHub Wiki

example setup enviroment:

download latest std & pretty stuffs

kicad-4.0.1/scripts/library-repos-install.sh --install-or-update

now stuffs dowloaded in ~/kicad_sources/library-repos

here libs for eeshema

~/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/library

old modules ?

~/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/modules

packages3d

~/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/modules/packages3d

now move "kicad_sources" to some good location (/files/work/acr/kicad/std)

after that copy fp-lib-table.for-pretty:

cp /files/work/acr/kicad/std/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/template/fp-lib-table.for-pretty ~/.config/kicad/fp-lib-table

setup ~/.config/kicad/kicad_common

 KISYS3DMOD=/files/work/acr/kicad/std/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/modules/packages3d
 KISYSMOD=/files/work/acr/kicad/std/kicad_sources/library-repos

leave KICAD_PTEMPLATES=/opt/kicad/share/kicad/template/

edit: /opt/kicad/share/kicad/template/kicad.pro (assume kicad in /opt/kicad) add some libs for eeschema here:

LibDir=/files/work/acr/kicad/std/kicad_sources/library-repos/kicad-library/library;/files/work/acr/kicad/acrlib

and libs list at end file:

LibName30=acrlib_conn
LibName31=acrlib_ic
LibName32=acrlib_mcpu
LibName33=acrlib_pwr
LibName34=acrlib_transformators
LibName35=acrlib_transistors