From fa72d77f22e50f4caf154c00582765b637c9bb7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:30:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated install instructions & warning re versions Add imagemagick install instructions & warning re September nightly incompatibility --- README.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4292ca0..91cdd38 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ I am running this setup on macOs 10.12 but I would imagine any linux varient wou Dependencies * gsed (Mac sed is limited) * Kicad with python scripting enabled - * Image Magick + * Image Magick * Fossil scm * Possibly some others but all have been installed with the help of brew +(If you are on MacOS X and having problems with Imagemagick's convert, you might try reinstalling it with RSVG lib.Using HomeBrew: + brew remove imagemagick + brew install imagemagick --with-librsvg + + + This works with nightly versions up to the end of about July 2017 but when I recently upgraded to a nightly from September the plot_pcb.py script frequently fails - BUT NOT EVERY TIME! + Plans: Rewrite in Python to improve integration with Kicad. Possibly support other VCS tools.