Install xcircuit

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[edit] xcircuit description

xcircuit is a grid-based drawling program designed for drawing circuit intended for publication. Extra templates add functionality such as music note notatation. It is extendable using programming language PostScript (2d plotting).

The source for xcircuit must be compiled after downloading its source from its website.

[edit] Installation of xcircuit

Enter into a terminal: For Linux Mint using: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn: Download Tools and Source to compile.

sudo apt-get install build-essential automake1.9
sudo apt-get install tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev
wget http://opencircuitdesign.com/xcircuit/archive/xcircuit-3.6.109.tgz

Extract and enter directory.

tar -xzf xcircuit-3.6.109.tgz
cd xcircuit-3.6.109

Compile.

./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib/tcl8.4/
make
sudo make install

• For any of the preceeding commands, read the terminal output. If errors occur, the answer usually is hidden in the ./configure or make step. See the http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=505564 forums]

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