This is the download and install documentation for HobECAD.

HobECAD Download and Install

Here are the steps for downloading and installing HobECAD:

1. Make sure you have some version of Linux running on x86 (so called Intel architecture).

   	prompt$ uname -m
   	i686
   								

2. Create a directory called hobecad and cd to it:

   	prompt$ cd somplace
   	prompt$ mkdir hobecad
   								

3. Download the HobECAD tar file from:

   http://gramlich.net/projects/hobecad/hobecad.tar.gz

   and into the newly created hobecad directory.
4. Unpack HobECAD:

   	prompt$ pwd
   	.../hobecad
   	prompt$ gunzip -c hobecad.tar.gz | tar xvf -
   	All files listed as they come out here
   								

5. If you do not already have your own personal binary directory, please create one. For example,

   	prompt$ cd ~
   	prompt$ mkdir bin
   	prompt$ cd bin
   	prompt$ pwd
   	.../bin
   								

6. Create a symbolic link to HobECAD from you personal binary directory:

   	prompt$ ln -s .../hobecad/linux-x86/hobecad
   								

   The .../hobecad is the full path to the hobecad directory that you created. At the same time add a link to the gerber viewer script:

   	prompt$ ln -s .../hobecad/gerber.tcl gerber
   								

7. Make darn sure that both "." and "~/bin" are in your execution path. Do this in a permanent fasion:

   	prompt$ echo $PATH
   								

   For most people this involves editing your .bashrc file and adding some lines that look like:

   	PATH=".:$(HOME)/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:..."
   								

   If you use some other shell, you will have to figure it out on your own.
8. Verify that both hobecad and gerber are in your path.

   	prompt$ which hobecad
   	~/bin/hobecad
   	prompt$ which gerber
   	~/bin/hobecad
   								

   If they are not in your path, go back to the previous instructions, figure what is wrong, and fix it.