gEDA GPL Electronic Design Automation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ README for libgeda version 2003* IMPORTANT Please read the file BUGS for more info on existing bugs Please read the file TODO for things which are in the works - Installation See the toplevel INSTALL for more instructions on how to build libgeda - System Requirements A computer: - at least the processing power of a i486/66 - Enough RAM for X (usually 16 Mbytes but 32 Mbytes recommended) Running UNIX: - Semi recent version of UNIX - Compiled on: FreeBSD (2.2.5) Linux (2.0, 2.2, 2.4) (and highly tested) Solaris (2.5) SunOS (4.1.3) HP-UX (9.07) The X window system - A resolution of at least 800x600 - A color display - 3 button mouse (2 button works, but 3 button is better) A C compiler (that understands ANSI, like gcc) GLIB version 1.2.10 or higher (and anything glib requires) Glib can be found at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk GTK+ version 1.2.10 or higher (and anything gtk requires) Gtk can be found at: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk GUILE - guile-1.4 or 1.6 is required (and anything guile requires). Guile can be found at: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile LibStroke 0.5.1 [OPTIONAL] - if you want stroke support. The homepage for LibStroke is: http://www.etla.net/libstroke/ libgdgeda 2.0.9 [OPTIONAL] - if you want the ability to write png images. libgdgeda is based on gd 2.0.9 The homepage for gd 2.0.x is http://www.boutell.com/gd You can find libgdgeda on the gEDA website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist If you use libgdgeda then you also need zlib. zlib can be found at: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib zlib can also be found on the gEDA website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist If you use libgdgeda then you also need libpng. libpng can be found at: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html libpng can also be found on the gEDA website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist An understanding that this software is ALPHA release quality :) - License gEDA (libgeda/gschem/gnetlist/geda/gsymcheck/gschcheck/gpcb/utils and all associated files (such as component symbols)) is placed under the GNU Public License (GPL) version 2.0. See the toplevel COPYING file for more information. Programs and associated files are: Copyright 1998-2003 by Ales V. Hvezda and the respective original authors (which are listed on the respective files) - gEDA Internet resources Homepage: http://www.geda.seul.org Mailing list info See: http://www.geda.seul.org/mailinglist Many thanks to the SEUL project for hosting gEDA! - Contact information Ales V. Hvezda E-mail: ahvezda@geda.seul.org Web: http://www.geda.seul.org/