Support #835
Updated by Daniel Curtis almost 8 years ago
This is a guide to install Fritzing from source on Arch Linux. Yes, there is a package in the AUR; however, I need to compile the eagle2fritzing tool and that requires a copy of the source code for Fritzing. h2. Prepare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> sudo pacman -Syu </pre> h2. Install Fritzing * Install a few build dependencies: <pre> sudo pacman -S qtcreator jdk8-openjdk libgit2 python2 qt5-serialport qt5-svg shared-mime-info boost </pre> * Make a working directory and switch to it: <pre> mkdir -p ~/git/fritzing && cd ~/git/fritzing </pre> * Clone the Fritzing app repo from GitHub: <pre> git clone https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app.git </pre> * Clone the Fritzing parts repo from GitHub inside the fritzing-app: GitHub: <pre> cd fritzing-app git clone https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-parts.git parts cd .. </pre> * Compile fritzing: <pre> cd fritzing-app qmake make </pre> #* And install <pre> sudo make install </pre> * Package fritzing: <pre> cd .. fritzing-app/tools/linux_release_script/release.sh 0.9.3b </pre> h2. eagle2fritzing * Switch to the fritzing working directory: <pre> cd ~/git/fritzing </pre> * Clone the eagle2fritzing repo from GitHub: <pre> git clone https://github.com/fritzing/eagle2fritzing.git </pre> * Switch to the lbr2svg directory: Compile fritzing: <pre> cd eagle2fritzing/lbr2svg fritzing-app </pre> #* Compile the lbr2svg tool: <pre> qmake make </pre> #* Run the tool: And install <pre> ./lbr2svg -w ~/.eagle/lbr -p ~/git/fritzing/fritzing-app/parts -c user sudo make install </pre> * Switch to the brd2svg directory: Package fritzing: <pre> cd ../brd2svg </pre> #* Compile the brd2svg tool: <pre> qmake make </pre> #* Run the tool: <pre> ./brd2svg tools/linux_release_script/release.sh </pre> h2. Resources * https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app/wiki/1.-Building-Fritzing * https://github.com/fritzing/eagle2fritzing * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fritzing/