Subject: Re: [bug#66453] [PATCH 1/4] gnu: kicad: Add 3rdparty search path.

From: Steve George <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 12:47:37 +0000

Hi,

Were you ever able to resolve the directory to use for these themes?

If not, is there another option, or should we close :-(

Thanks,

Steve

On 10 Oct, [email-masked] wrote:
> From: Peter Polidoro <[email-masked]>
> 
> * gnu/packages/engineering.scm (kicad): Add 3rdparty search path.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/engineering.scm | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
> index c9aec482da..cad419ef70 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
> @@ -1155,7 +1155,14 @@ (define-public kicad
>              (files '("share/kicad/footprints")))
>             (search-path-specification
>              (variable "KICAD7_3DMODEL_DIR")
> -            (files '("share/kicad/3dmodels")))))
> +            (files '("share/kicad/3dmodels")))
> +           ;; Using the following environment variable removes write access to
> +           ;; the KiCad Plugin and Content Manager directory so using any Guix
> +           ;; plugin or color theme packages requires all plugin or color
> +           ;; themes to be installed using Guix packages
> +           (search-path-specification
> +            (variable "KICAD7_3RD_PARTY")
> +            (files '("share/kicad/3rdparty")))))
>      (native-inputs (list boost
>                           desktop-file-utils
>                           gettext-minimal
> -- 
> 2.41.0
> 
> 
> 
>