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| author | Bladen Martin | 2020-07-31 23:18:28 +0530 |
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| committer | GitHub | 2020-07-31 23:18:28 +0530 |
| commit | 32aaf7101c7b04b4dd44dd6dac69fbb2ae3ba0f3 (patch) | |
| tree | a8ef36410af75075318c71f1093f08c8ebc88b43 | |
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building KiCad installer for eSim-Windows
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@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@ # KiCad-eSim This repository is maintained by FOSSEE team for KiCad v4.0.7 + +## Creating KiCad installer for eSim + +1. Download the KiCad installer from - https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/windows/stable/kicad-4.0.7-i686.exe + +2. Install KiCad from the executable [kicad-4.0.7-i686.exe] downloaded in step 1 at preferred location. Henceforth this location is to be referred to as `installdirectory`. + +3. Clone the folder `nsis` present in this reporsitory and place it at the Kicad install location, i.e. installdirectory/. + +4. Delete the folder `packages3d` present at the location installdirectory/share/kicad/modules/. + +5. Compress the folders `bin`, `lib`, `share` and `ssl` into file named **KiCad.7z**. This file should be placed at `installdirectory`.\ +(7z compresssion tool can be obtained at - https://www.7-zip.org/download.html ) + +6. Goto the nsis folder and compile the script `install.nsi`.\ +(NSIS compiler can be obtained at - https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-3.05-setup.exe?download) + +7. Use the generated `kicad-4.0.7-i686.exe` as the default installer for KiCad when building installer for eSim. + +8. Uninstall the KiCad used to build this installer. |