Missing Cadsoft Eagle 6.x libraries for Linux
Mick M. posted the missing Cadsoft Eagle 6.x libraries for Linux:
I finally tracked down the libraries to allow installation of the latest version. This will get you out of “dependency-hell” . Hopefully Cadsoft will statically link the next release. They work for me on Fedora 17 and Mint 13.
Read the instructions below.
- Download Eagle eagle-lin-6.2.0.run
- Make executable: “sudo chmod +x eagle-lin-6.2.0.run”
- Unzip libraries: “tar -xvf eagle-libraries.tar.gz”
- Copy to the correct place: “sudo cp eagle-libraries/* /usr/lib”
- Then you can run the installer: “sudo ./eagle-lin-6.2.0.run”
- The executable is here: /opt/eagle-6.2.0/bin/eagle
- Enjoy!
Comments
An alternative method (which has the advantage of knowing where your .so files come from!) : http://blog.raek.se/2012/01/06/running-cadsoft-eagle-version-6-in-ubuntu-gnulinux/
From beta 6.2.1 forward EAGLE statically links the libjpeg and libpng libraries which should alleviate the dependency issues.
There is also a really easy way to get the libraries, e-mail me. You may contact me support@cadsoftusa.com and I’ll be more than happy to send the files over to you. You simply extract the zip file and store the libraries in your usr/lib folder(usr/lib32 folder if you’re on a 64-bit machine).
After that the installer should run without issue.
hth,
Jorge Garcia
Cadsoft Support