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On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-user AT de=
lorie.com] wrote:

>I can add one point of view here. =C2=A0When I was a brand-new user (start=
ed
>using gEDA in 2014 ? I still consider myself a ?quite new" user), I found =
the
>following frustrating when trying out gEDA:
>
>* Difficulty to install on my machine (Mac) (e.g.=C2=A0here=C2=A0and=C2=A0=
here)
>=C2=A0 Eventually, but reluctantly, I gave up and settled on running gsche=
m/pcb
>in a linux virtual machine. =C2=A0
>=C2=A0 Once I chose to switch though, the linux install was painless.

To keep the list updated on this...

Thanks to James and his detailed bug reports and his patience to test the=
=20
fixes from iteration to iteration, this starts to be getting better in=20
pcb-rnd land.

By now pcb-rnd should configure and compile out of the box on Mac. There=20
are probably still some run-time bugs, but I have high hopes about getting=
=20
pcb-rnd operational on Mac this summer.

Regards,

Igor2
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