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Cvpcb not working in Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS trusty

Asked by athul george appadan

I installed kicad in Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (trusty) but cannot run cvpcb through the terminal. An error "The program 'cvpcb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install kicad" is reported. What could be the problem?

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Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) said : 		#1

CvPcb can is no longer a stand alone executable. It is now run as a child window from Eeschema. This was done because using the footprint association file (*.cmp) is no longer used. The transfer of footprint associations is internal to Eeschema. Remove any CvPcb application links from your system. They are no longer valid.

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athul george appadan (a4athulappadan) said : 		#2

Is there any way possible to open cvpcb through terminal?

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Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) said : 		#3

No. It is no longer a stand alone executable file. It can only be opened as a child window from Eeschema. Since CvPcb no longer creates a footprint association file (*.cmp), running it as a stand alone executable would be meaningless.

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