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Tinker: /* AAANNNDDD... */

2025-08-09T04:56:37Z

AAANNNDDD...

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	* <code>sudo make install</code>		* <code>sudo make install</code>

	== <span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);" >'''AAANNNDDD...'''</span> ==		== <span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">'''AAANNNDDD...'''</span> ==

	WTF?		WTF?

	'''kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libkigal.so.9.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'''		'''kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libkigal.so.9.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'''

Tinker at 04:55, 9 August 2025

2025-08-09T04:55:52Z

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			Installing KiCAD from the repositories gives you a couple silly options. Directly installing gets you a seriously outdated version and installing a FLATPAK which seems to be rather broken.
	Installing KiCAD from the repositories gives you a couple silly options. Directly installing gets you a seriously outdated version and installing a FLATPAK which seems to be rather broken.

	So, let's try building it from source.		So, let's try building it from source.
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	* <code>sudo make install</code>		* <code>sudo make install</code>

	== AAANNNDDD... ==		== <span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);" >'''AAANNNDDD...'''</span> ==

	WTF?		WTF?

	'''kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libkigal.so.9.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'''		'''kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libkigal.so.9.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'''

Tinker: /* Install it: */

2025-08-09T04:54:29Z

Install it:

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	* <code>sudo make install</code>		* <code>sudo make install</code>

			== AAANNNDDD... ==

			WTF?

			'''kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libkigal.so.9.0.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'''

Tinker: /* The prerequisites: */

2025-08-08T22:53:30Z

The prerequisites:

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	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The prerequisites:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The prerequisites:</span>''' ==

	* <code>sudo apt install swig libwxgtk3.2-dev libboost1.74-all-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev libglut-dev libcairo-dev python3-dev wxpython-tools libcurl4-openssl-dev libgit2-dev libngspice0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libocct-data-exchange-dev unixodbc-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev~~</code>~~		* <code>sudo apt install swig libwxgtk3.2-dev libboost1.74-all-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev libglut-dev libcairo-dev python3-dev wxpython-tools libcurl4-openssl-dev libgit2-dev libngspice0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libocct-data-exchange-dev unixodbc-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev libnng-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler</code>
	* <code>sudo apt install libnng-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler</code>

	=== Notes: ===		=== Notes: ===
	Took a ~~bid~~ of further digging to learn about adding '''libnng-dev''', '''libprotobuf-dev''' and '''protobuf-compiler'''		Took a bit of further digging to learn about adding '''libnng-dev''', '''libprotobuf-dev''' and '''protobuf-compiler'''

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Set it up:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Set it up:</span>''' ==

Tinker: /* Build it: */

2025-08-08T21:19:27Z

Build it:

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	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==

	* <code>make</code>		* <code>make -j$(nproc --ignore=2)</code>

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Install it:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Install it:</span>''' ==

	* <code>sudo make install</code>		* <code>sudo make install</code>

Tinker: /* Set it up: */

2025-08-08T21:11:39Z

Set it up:

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	* <code>mkdir -p build/release</code>		* <code>mkdir -p build/release</code>
	* <code>cd build/release</code>		* <code>cd build/release</code>
	* <code>cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ../../~~cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DKICAD_USE_CMAKE_FINDPROTOBUF=ONcode~~>		* <code>cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DKICAD_USE_CMAKE_FINDPROTOBUF=ON ../../</code>

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==

Tinker: /* The prerequisites: */

2025-08-08T20:32:50Z

The prerequisites:

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	* <code>sudo apt install swig libwxgtk3.2-dev libboost1.74-all-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev libglut-dev libcairo-dev python3-dev wxpython-tools libcurl4-openssl-dev libgit2-dev libngspice0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libocct-data-exchange-dev unixodbc-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev</code>		* <code>sudo apt install swig libwxgtk3.2-dev libboost1.74-all-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev libglut-dev libcairo-dev python3-dev wxpython-tools libcurl4-openssl-dev libgit2-dev libngspice0-dev libharfbuzz-dev libocct-data-exchange-dev unixodbc-dev libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev</code>
	* <code~~><s~~>sudo apt install ~~iodbc libiodbc2~~-dev~~</s>~~</code>		* <code>sudo apt install libnng-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler</code>
	* <code>sudo apt install<code>libnng-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler~~</code></code>~~
			=== Notes: ===
			Took a bid of further digging to learn about adding '''libnng-dev''', '''libprotobuf-dev''' and '''protobuf-compiler'''

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Set it up:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Set it up:</span>''' ==

Tinker: /* The required tools: */

2025-08-08T20:29:48Z

The required tools:

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	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The required tools:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The required tools:</span>''' ==

	* <code>sudo apt install git cmake ~~<s>cmake-gui </s>~~</code>		* <code>sudo apt install git cmake</code>

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Get the source:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Get the source:</span>''' ==

Tinker at 20:21, 8 August 2025

2025-08-08T20:21:31Z

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	{{!}}+ Proven on:		{{!}}+ Proven on:
	{{!}}- ~~<!~~-- ~~LMDE~~ --~~>~~		{{!}}- < --="" lmde="" -->
	{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 65.675px;" {{!}} [[File:Logo LMDE.png{{!}}60px{{!}}link=https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=279{{!}}center{{!}}middle{{!}}frameless]]		{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 65.675px;" {{!}} [[File:Logo LMDE.png{{!}}60px{{!}}link=https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=279{{!}}center{{!}}middle{{!}}frameless]]
	{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 40px;" {{!}} 6 (Faye)		{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 40px;" {{!}} 6 (Faye)
	{{!}}		{{!}}
			<br>
			{{!}}- <!-- Debian -->
			{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 60px;" {{!}} [[File:Logo Debian.png{{!}}60px{{!}}link=https://www.debian.org/{{!}}center{{!}}middle{{!}}frameless]]
			{{!}} style="text-align: center; width: 40px;" {{!}} 12 (bookworm)
			{{!}}
	<br>		<br>
	{{!}}}		{{!}}}

			Installing KiCAD from the repositories gives you a couple silly options. Directly installing gets you a seriously outdated version and installing a FLATPAK which seems to be rather broken.

			So, let's try building it from source.

			(Based on: [https://dev-docs.kicad.org/en/build/ KiCAD Developer Documentation / Building KiCad from Source])

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The required tools:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">The required tools:</span>''' ==

Tinker: /* Set it up: */

2025-08-08T20:13:28Z

Set it up:

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	* <code>mkdir -p build/release</code>		* <code>mkdir -p build/release</code>
	* <code>cd build/release</code>		* <code>cd build/release</code>
	* <code>cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ../../~~</code~~>		* <code>cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ../../cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DKICAD_USE_CMAKE_FINDPROTOBUF=ONcode>

	== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==		== '''<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Build it:</span>''' ==