From 32aaf7101c7b04b4dd44dd6dac69fbb2ae3ba0f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bladen Martin
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 23:18:28 +0530
Subject: building KiCad installer for eSim-Windows

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 # KiCad-eSim
 This repository is maintained by FOSSEE team for KiCad v4.0.7 
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+## Creating KiCad installer for eSim
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+1. Download the KiCad installer from - https://kicad-downloads.s3.cern.ch/windows/stable/kicad-4.0.7-i686.exe
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+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`.
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+3. Clone the folder `nsis` present in this reporsitory and place it at the Kicad install location, i.e. installdirectory/.
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+4. Delete the folder `packages3d` present at the location installdirectory/share/kicad/modules/.
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+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 )
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+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)
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+7. Use the generated `kicad-4.0.7-i686.exe` as the default installer for KiCad when building installer for eSim.
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+8. Uninstall the KiCad used to build this installer.
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