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Using Eagle on two systems, with library on USB stick

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I use EAGLE on a desktop and a laptop for the same projects. A complication

happens when I edit a library part and I want the project on both systems to

update from the same library. The part in a project is linked to a library

at a certain path. If I copy the library to a USB stick and try to update

the library part in a project to the laptop, the EAGLE on the laptop doesn't

know to update from the library on the USB stick. It only updates from the

library in the original path.

 

Do I need to have libraries in exactly the same path names, and same drive

letters common to both systems to make a part update from the library it is

originally from? Is there a way to point it to "mylibrary.lib" on the USB

stick and update the part in the board and schematic?

 

 

 

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  • It seems appropriate to reactivate this old thread because it explains the situation well, and there don't seem to be any more recent contributions.

     

    I'm introducing some beginners to Arduino and expect to use Eagle to document the circuitry. Drawing schematics isn't too difficult; Sparkfun and Adafruit have provided nice libraries, and Dave Young has supplied a complete set of Arduinos as devices. We won't often be making PCBs.

     

    A major advantage of Eagle is that it runs on both  Windows and Linux; not everybody can replace their XP machines lubuntu is a good choice for saving all but the oldest. I'ts also a good way of getting beginners to use Linux from the start. TinyCAD is brilliant for amateurs, but it wants users to write files in the protected Program Files area and can't be ported to Linux.

     

    Like other contributors here, my friends will be working on more than one PC (at home & and in my house), and I'd like to know what's the current situation or "least worst" workaround with Eagle. The basic problem is that both Linux and Windows, as well as many applications, still force users to use their own user areas. This may be good for security, but it's totally stupid, even for sharing photos among family members.

     

    Perhaps a workaround with Eagle might be to use a shared directory on each PC for working, and to get a backup application like Create Synchronicity to sychronise this with the Dropbox, Ubuntu One, etc. directories in a user space. I tried something like that but got into a bit of a mess, with multiple copies of libraries and so on.

     

    So, my question is: has anyone now found a reliable way of sharing projects and libraries tidily, without any special programming? 

  • in reply to crlMidi

    On 21/03/2014 3:57 a.m., Christopher Lee wrote:

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    So, my question is: has anyone now found a reliable way of sharing

    projects and libraries tidily, without any special programming?

     

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    Not about sharing but referring to 'USB stick'. This does address the

    'user area' concern you mention.

    An option to consider is not 'installing' Eagle. You can simply have all

    the files in the folder structure somewhere. I use Eagle from a USB

    stick this way so I can run Eagle on any computer I am seated at. There

    are a couple of things you should do though. Create a shortcut to launch

    Eagle command line style and using the -Uxxx option tell Eagle where to

    store the users settings file. I add a 'Settings' folder  for this on

    the USB stick.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

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  • in reply to crlMidi

    On 21/03/2014 3:57 a.m., Christopher Lee wrote:

    ..............

     

    So, my question is: has anyone now found a reliable way of sharing

    projects and libraries tidily, without any special programming?

     

    --

     

    Not about sharing but referring to 'USB stick'. This does address the

    'user area' concern you mention.

    An option to consider is not 'installing' Eagle. You can simply have all

    the files in the folder structure somewhere. I use Eagle from a USB

    stick this way so I can run Eagle on any computer I am seated at. There

    are a couple of things you should do though. Create a shortcut to launch

    Eagle command line style and using the -Uxxx option tell Eagle where to

    store the users settings file. I add a 'Settings' folder  for this on

    the USB stick.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

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