Op maandag 06-10-2008 om 02:51 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Kai-Martin Knaak: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:24:54 -0400, tj wrote: > > > I asked a question earlier about oval pads and I have located what I am > > looking for as an example on the > > http://www.gedasymbols.org/footprints/newlib/tests/14DIP_oval_pad.fp > > page. > > However once I download it, how do I ass it to a library? Like, I want > > to put it in pcblib-newlib/generic library. I copied it to > > /usr/local/share/pcb/pcblib-newlib/generic/14DIP_oval_pad.fp, but it > > doesn't show up when running pcb. > > > > This one is a true FAQ. This is what I wrote in response to a similar > question by Richard Rasker a few days ago: > > The local paths shown by pcb in the footprint chooser are read from > $HOME/.pcb/preferences > > In my case, the config file contains a line like this: > library-newlib = ~/geda/footprints:~/geda/luciani > > You can set this list of paths from within the GUI (GTK-GUI assumed): > File --> Preferences --> Library > > Note, this library path does not affect gsch2pcb/gnetlist. The > recommended place to set the lib path for these tools is gafrc > at one of the various local or system-wide places.
I solved this for (x)gsch2pcb by placing a symbolic link by the name of 'packages' in each project directory, pointing to the directory with the actual footprints. Richard Rasker _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user