Installing software tools from source Manu Prakash [17 aug 2005]

AVRA
Note : By default avra installs in /usr/local/bin. If you do not have this folder; become root and "mkdir /usr/local/bin" 1. Download avra-1.0.1-src.tar.gz from here here.

2. $gunzip avra-1.0.1-src.tar.gz
and this would give you a tar file in the same directory
3. Move the tar file into a seperate folder called avra in your file system.
4. Untar the tar file using
$tar -xvf avra-1.0.1-src.tar
5.Open the README file for avra in kwrite and read carefully. See where the install instructions are.
6. change directory to folder SOURCE.
$cd SOURCE
7. type make in the directory
$make
8. Type make install in the same SOURCE directory
$make install
9. Test the program by typing avra in a new shell.
10. To learn how to use the program; go online to look for documentation.

EAGLE
1. Download eagle source file eagle-lin-eng-4.15.tgz from http://www.cadsoft.de
2. untar and unzip the file. Note; the extension .tgz is a short form for tar and gunzip.
$gunzip eagle-lin-eng-4.15.tgz
$tar -xvf eagle-lin-eng-4.15.tar
This should make a folder eagle-lin-eng-4.15.
3. open README file using any editing software. I like using "cat" cmd.
$cat README
4. make a folder called /usr/local/bin/eagle
$mkdir /usr/local/bin/eagle
5. copy the untar folder to /usr/local/bin/eagle
6. open .bashrc file in your home folder at /home/fab and change the "path" variable to point to /usr/local/bin/eagle.
$vi .bashrc
or open .bashrc in kwrite.
add this line to the end of .bashrc
export PATH=$PATh:/usr/local/bin/eagle
7. Save the above file and open a new shell. You should be able to use eagle now by typing it in the cmd prompt.
$eagle
8. Now you should add the library to eagle by downloading ng.lbr from http://fab.cba.mit.edu/fab Lass 11/7/05 New way in Linux mode to bypass eagle.key issue: as root: chmod -R a+rwz eagle key is kept in /usr/share/eagle/bin/eagle.key or freeware.key so if you're looking for it, that's where you will find it.
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