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Installation

This is a Python package, so you'll need to have Python installed to use it.

Windows without KiCad

KiCad has Python, but if you don't have KiCad you can download a Python installer from Anaconda, Active State, or even WinPython.

Once you have Python, you can install this package by opening a terminal window and typing the command:

$ easy_install kicost

Or:

$ pip install kicost

Windows with KiCad

  1. Open a Power Shell window as administrator.

2. Now you need to first add KiCad binaries to your PATH. For a temporal addition you can use:

prompt> $env:Path += ";C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin"

This assumes you installed KiCad in the default place. For a persistent solution search on internet "How to Add to Windows PATH Environment Variable".

3. Install the wheel package. Needed to workaround bugs on the Python included with KiCad:

prompt> pip install wheel

4. Now install KiCost, for the last stable release:

prompt> pip install kicost

If you want to install the current development code you must install GIT. After installing GIT:

prompt> pip install git+https://github.com/hildogjr/KiCost.git

Linux

If you're using linux, you probably already have Python.

On Linux, for a full install procedure on Python3, use (for Python2, replace pip3 by pip on each command):

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip # Or ``python-pip`` to install PIP on Python2.
$ sudo -H pip3 install kicost # Install KiCost from PyPI.

To install the graphical dependence used by KiCost GUI (only needed if KiCad is not installed):

$ sudo -H pip3 install wxpython
or
$ sudo -H pip3 install -U -f https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/ubuntu-16.04 wxPython # For Ubuntu 16.04
$ kicost # Execute KiCost without input arguments to initialize the GUI.

To install the last code version from GitHub, use:

$ sudo apt-get install git # It's necessary to have Git installed.
$ sudo -H pip3 install -U git+https://github.com/hildogjr/KiCost.git