Hi Travis, KiCad-Winbuilder uses the MinGW-w64 distribution (which is what you'll find on most Linux distributions too these days): http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/download.php#mingw-builds
The MinGW install check is redundant these days, ever since I packaged the environment with MinGW-w64, this is necessary because you may have a different ABI or different exception model variant installed and the downloaded wxPython release is built with mingw-w64-4.8.1-sjlj. The path is sanitised in make.bat (via setenv.bat) so KiCad-Winbuilder can never detect any other MinGW you have installed. Best Regards, Brian. On 3 February 2014 17:43, Travis Ayres <tray...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brian, > > How would you have bumped up the requirement for MinGW to 4.8.2? I just > checked on TDM-GCC, and I don't see the upgrade to 4.8.2 (although TDM is > repackaged MinGW, so it might not be fully up to date). > > I just looked at the KiCad-Winbuilder CMake file, and I think I'm running > 4.8.1 because of my locally installed MinGW. Is there a way I could execute > KiCadWinbuilder.cmake with the mingw_local_NOT_FOUND = 1? > > I'm re-running KicadWinbuilder on a machine with more memory to see if I get > different results. I'll let everyone know the results. > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:52 AM, Brian Sidebotham > <brian.sidebot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> It's always worth when you can filling in bug reports against >> KiCad-Winbuilder. It helps focus my time and makes we aware of things >> I don't know about. Although I can't fix the internal MinGW error >> (Which I've never seen!), seeing a bug report means I probably would >> have bumped the compiler up to 4.8.2 which has been out for a while >> now. >> >> I didn't move to the next release of MinGW in KiCad-Winbuilder-3.3 >> because I'd never seen any problems with 4.8.1 - it's likely 4.8.2 has >> a tonne of bugfixes in it though. >> >> KiCad-Winbuilder tries to be as isolated as is possible under Windows >> so as not to be affected by any system versions or settings, but >> clearly differences can still be present. >> >> Out of interest Travis, how much RAM do you have installed? Sometimes >> problem arise because of lower spec's. I have an Intel Core i7 (so >> essentially 8 cores), and 16Gb RAM with a PCIe SSD - it's a quick and >> capable system. Building KiCad is intensive on RAM use, particularly >> when using parallel build jobs. Usually you get out-of-memory errors, >> but sometimes you just get odd behaviour and crashes instead depending >> on each allocation's error handling. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Brian. >> >> On 3 February 2014 04:31, Travis Ayres <tray...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > It looks like one of the errors is an internal MinGW error when I try to >> > build. >> > Attached are some of my logs from the build process of Kicad-Winbuilder. >> > >> > -Travis >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Simon Turner >> > <si...@simonsphotography.org.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> OK build success but I have to start kicad with the runkicad.bat file ? >> >> >> >> What have I actually done ? can I transfer this to other computers or >> >> move >> >> it on my current computer ? >> >> >> >> I opened the CvPCB program and it can't find any pcb footprints, is >> >> this >> >> all due to upgrading to the latest version that does things differently >> >> or >> >> is something broken ? >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 02/02/2014 15:49, Simon Turner wrote: >> >> >> >> whoops might be I got in a muddle and used the old winbuilder version, >> >> trying again....... >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> On 02/02/2014 15:44, Simon Turner wrote: >> >> >> >> OK It's been running, yes on windows 7 >> >> >> >> I now have: >> >> >> >> CMake error at kicadwinbuilder.cmake:1110 <file>: file COPY cannot find >> >> "C:/kicad-winbuilder-3.2/src/library/library"- >> >> press any key to continue >> >> >> >> So I got some sort of a build out of it, the layout of the kicad >> >> manager >> >> window is a bit messed up, the program icons are too far left and >> >> encroach >> >> on the file list and some are missing. >> >> >> >> >> >> The PCB program won't start because it can't find libcairo-2.dll, the >> >> icons for the programs to the left of it are missing. Oh and does it >> >> really >> >> need to take up 2.5GB of space ? >> >> >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> On 02/02/2014 13:54, Milan Horák wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm happy to hear this. >> >> >> >> Did look into your logs - it seems like there was problem with too long >> >> path to a file required to compile process. >> >> >> >> Shortening the path should help (seems it did). >> >> >> >> Milan >> >> >> >> Dne 2.2.2014 14:29, Simon Turner napsal(a): >> >> >> >> Well I put it in C: and it's still building long after it would have >> >> died so must be working. Thank you, let you know how it turns out. >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> On 02/02/2014 12:42, Simon Turner wrote: >> >> >> >> I have, and the previous logs were from it but I was not in C: so I'm >> >> running again from C: >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> On 02/02/2014 12:35, Milan Horák wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> you should download latest kicad-winbuilder (version 3.3) - >> >> https://launchpad.net/kicad-winbuilder >> >> >> >> Milan >> >> >> >> Dne 2.2.2014 12:43, Simon Turner napsal(a): >> >> >> >> See coments below >> >> On 02/02/2014 11:28, Milan Horák wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> it should be simple (read 'Works for me'): >> >> >> >> - Enter 'kicad-winbuilder/env' directory and run 'make.bat' *No >> >> make.bat in this folder, using the one from the main folder does >> >> not work* >> >> - Wait for the script to finish >> >> - In 'kicad-winbuilder' directory run 'make.bat' *Thats all i was >> >> trying but got errors, log files attached* >> >> - In 'kicad-winbuilder' directory run 'RunKiCad.bat' *ok haven't done >> >> that yet and the make fails* >> >> >> >> Milan >> >> >> >> Dne 2.2.2014 11:50, Simon Turner napsal(a): >> >> >> >> I tried but got errors and was told to check the logs that told me >> >> nothing other than error2 and error3, I just gave up. I ended up with >> >> 1.25GB of cmake files and stuff and noactual programs. >> >> >> >> I found the instructions a bit minimal, any chance of a better >> >> instruction being written for it ? >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> >> >> On 01/02/2014 21:52, Ed Johns wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Simon, >> >> >> >> Have you tried using kicad winbuilder? It has the full build >> >> environment which downloads the latest source. >> >> >> >> It is on launchpad as well. >> >> >> >> - Ed >> >> >> >> On Feb 1, 2014 4:47 PM, "Simon Turner" >> >> <si...@simonsphotography.org.uk >> >> <mailto:si...@simonsphotography.org.uk>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello All >> >> >> >> Just thought I'd raise something. It seems that the time between >> >> releases is lengthening as more work is being done to make >> >> things >> >> much better. I did once manage to build a fresh version of KiCAD >> >> on ubuntu and was very pleased with the progress but this was >> >> the >> >> only way of getting the most up to date features. I have since >> >> abandoned ubuntu (thout shalt now screw with my hardware >> >> thank you >> >> on pain of being removed !) and have tried to build the latest >> >> version on windows to no avail. I'm no programming expert (mcu's >> >> in arduino is my limit so far) but I'm no idiot and can follow >> >> instructions but instructions for windows builds seem to lack >> >> and >> >> everything bangs on about ubuntu. >> >> >> >> Is there any chance of making it easier to build KiCAD on >> >> windows >> >> or am I missing some information out there ? >> >> >> >> Thanks for all your work, >> >> >> >> Simon >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list:https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to :kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe :https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help :https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp