PCB

Download Source:	ftp://ftp.geda.seul.org/pub/geda/dist/pcb-20080202.tar.gz

Introduction to PCB

PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system. PCB includes a rats nest feature, design rule checking, and can provide industry standard RS-274-X (Gerber), NC drill, and centroid data (X-Y data) output for use in the board fabrication and assembly process.

Homepage: http://www.geda.seul.org/tools/pcb/index.html

Dependencies

Optional

• GD
• TCL
• Tk

One of the following is required if you want a GUI. The default is Gtk2.

• Gtk2
• LessTif

Non-Multilib

Compile the PCB package:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the PCB package:

make install

Multilib

32Bit

Compile the PCB package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the PCB package:

make install

N32

Compile the PCB package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the PCB package:

make install

64Bit

Compile the PCB package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the PCB package:

make install

Contents

Installed Directories:	/usr/share/PCB, /usr/share/pcb-20080202
Installed Programs:	pcb, pads_backannotate, MergPCBPS,

Short Description

pcb:	The main binary.
pads_backannotate:	Process PADS PowerPCB .eco files to backannotate changes to gEDA schematics.
MergePCBPS:	Merges PostScript files created by pcb (version >= 1.4.2) into a single file for backward compatibility