2009.0: gEDA is there but no pcb in it?

[man8user]

I was looking for using the PCB layout tool but only came as far as using gEDA toolset. Initially I thought the gEDA had installed the pcb too. But, then I realized I could go only as far as gsch2pcb. The gEDA package is lacking pcb.

Here is a list of my gEDA related packages :-

[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ rpmlist | grep geda
geda-symbols-20080127-1mdv2009.0
geda-20060123-4mdv2009.0
geda-gschem-20080127-1mdv2009.0
geda-docs-20080127-1mdv2009.0
geda-gnetlist-20080127-1mdv2009.0
lib64geda33-20080127-3mdv2009.0
geda-utils-20080127-1mdv2009.0
geda-gattrib-20080127-1mdv2009.0
geda-gsymcheck-20080127-1mdv2009.0
libgeda-data-20080127-3mdv2009.0
geda-examples-20080127-1mdv2009.0
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 

 

So, I go to "Install Remove S/W" and look for pcb package with internet connected but none showed up (or, that had anything to do with PCB layout).

 

Next, I download the PCB source thinking I could compile and use it but it is looking for gtk+2.4 or more...

checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for GTK... no
configure: error: Cannot find gtk+ >= 2.4.0, install it and rerun ./configure
Please review the following errors:
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 

 

So, I look for my gtk related packages and here they are:

[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ rpmlist | grep gtk
lib64gtkimageview0-1.6.1-2mdv2009.0
lib64wxgtku2.8-2.8.8-1mdv2009.0
gtkspell-2.0.14-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.14.3-2mdv2009.0
lib64webkitgtk1-1.0.2-0.36309.1mdv2009.0
gtksourceview-2.4.0-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtk-linux-fb-2.0_0-2.4.14-9mdv2009.0
wxgtk2.8-2.8.8-1mdv2009.0
python-gtksourceview-2.4.0-1mdv2009.0
gtk-sharp2-2.12.4-1mdv2009.0
gtksourceview1-1.8.5-5mdv2009.0
gtkhtml-3.14-3.24.0-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtk+2.0_0-2.14.3-2mdv2009.0
lib64canberra-gtk0-0.9-3mdv2009.0
lib64gtkspell0-2.0.14-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtksourceview-1.0_0-1.8.5-5mdv2009.0
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.14.3-2mdv2009.0
lib64gtkmm2.4_1-2.14.1-1mdv2009.0
pygtk2.0-libglade-2.13.0-1mdv2009.0
gtk-engines2-2.16.0-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtkhtml-3.14_19-3.24.0-1mdv2009.0
canberra-gtk-0.9-3mdv2009.0
lib64gtksourceview-2.0_0-2.4.0-1mdv2009.0
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.8-2mdv2009.0
gnome-python-gtkmozembed-2.19.1-20mdv2009.0
pygtk2.0-2.13.0-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtk-engines2-2.16.0-1mdv2009.0
lib64gtkhtml2_0-2.11.1-3mdv2009.0
gtk+2.0-2.14.3-2mdv2009.0
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 
[lamcs@localhost pcb-20081128]$ 

 

The "Install Remove S/W" is not able to find any more recent gtk than the ones I have.

Is there a way out? Or, back to windoze for the pcb! :unsure:

 

Thanks.

[Greg2]

The geda-gschem package from the official Mandriva repos contains the pcb.scm you need, but I see you have it installed.

 

You need to install the libgtk+2.0_0-devel package from the repos to compile it. Also since I believe you're using 64-bit, some of these package names may be different.

[man8user]

The geda-gschem package from the official Mandriva repos contains the pcb.scm you need, but I see you have it installed.

 

You need to install the libgtk+2.0_0-devel package from the repos to compile it. Also since I believe you're using 64-bit, some of these package names may be different.

 

Thanks for your quick response.

If I understand correctly, you are saying I got the "pcb" program installed as a by-product of installing the geda-gschem package. But, when I type "pcb" from shell, I get 'Command not found'.

 

That's what prompted me to look for PCB package in source format. I really did not want to install anything outside of urpmi domain. But, if that's the only way... well. This evening I shall look for the devel version of the libgtk+2.0_0 as you suggested and hopefully I shall find it.

 

What is a little troubling to me is the fact that there are downloadable PCB RPMs for Fedora 10, Suse 11 and Mandrake ( as per http://rpm.pbone.net/) but none for Mandriva. The other distros have separated the geda-gschem and PCB into separate packages but not Mandriva. Is that a correct observation?

 

Regards.

[Greg2]

The other distros have separated the geda-gschem and PCB into separate packages but not Mandriva. Is that a correct observation?

I'm not sure, I don't use that software. :)

 

I'm going to give you a link to a forum.mandriva member's site. This is his website, he is Turkish but understands English:

http://www.elektronist.com/

Here's the RPMs he builds:

http://www.elektronist.com/download/index.html#pcb

 

I would suggest asking him for more info on this.

[man8user]

Thanks for the pointer, I checked out his website and I discovered I had already downloaded his collection of RPMs. But, they are built for 32-bit. Since I am using only 64-bit nowadays, I went back looking for 64-bit gtklib 2.0. Sure I found it. But installing it implied throwing away almost half of the older 64-bit runtime libraries. I went on anyway but soon the installation failed. Lucky that the failed installation did not leave the urpmi database in a disarray (good job by Mandriva developers).

 

Basically, the PCB part of the gEDA suite is simply not ready yet for 64-bit Mandriva. Shall wait for one of the newer versions of 2009 later this year.

My solution was to go back and install Fedora 10 (I selected 32-bit only) and download the gEDA and PCB. Yes, gEDA and PCB work flawlessly on Fedora 10.

Thanks once again for the information.