I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I installed the 5.12.0 (upgraded
from 5.11.0). It installed in it's own directory in "Program Files"
which is fine, but now my board files reference the libraries in the old
5.11.0 directory. What is the standard way for dealing with this?
BTW, running Windows XP Professional
Am 13.12.2011 23:05, schrieb John Friede:
On 12/13/2011 3:35 PM, John Friede wrote:
>> On 12/13/2011 2:44 PM, Joern Paschedag wrote:
>>> Am 13.12.2011 20:32, schrieb John Friede:
>>>> I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I installed the 5.12.0 (upgraded
>>>> from 5.11.0). It installed in it's own directory in "Program Files"
>>>> which is fine, but now my board files reference the libraries in the
>>>> old
>>>> 5.11.0 directory. What is the standard way for dealing with this?
>>>> BTW, running Windows XP Professional
>>>
>>> My "Standart" is just to set the correct path in control
>>> panel/options/directories 
>>>
>>
>> I understand that, but options->libraries has the path as
>> "$EAGLEDIR\lbr". Presumably, the environment variable $EAGLEDIR now
>> points to C:\Program Files\EAGLE-5.12.0\lbr rather than C:\Program
>> Files\EAGLE-5.11.0\lbr.
>>
I have to use different versions of eagle (V4xx / V5xx) so I allways use
a straight path for each version and don't use the variable.
A problem could be the eaglers.usr file which contains lots of
parameters and usually is located (win xp) at
c:\...\user\app-data\cadsoft\eagle. In my case I prefer to have that
file in my ver.5 directory. This is possible if you use the
"-U"-parameter to specify the location of the eaglerc.usr file in the
properties. In this example it will put the file into your 5.12.0 directory.
C:\Program Files\EAGLE-5.12.0 -U C:\Program Files\EAGLE-5.12.0\eaglerc.usr
>> I guess what I should do is just copy the lib and ulp directories over
>> the ones newly crated and blow the whole 5.11.0 directory away.
Duh! I just realized you can have more than one directory separated by a
semicolon. I will put my custom libraries elsewhere and link to it.
That is standart a long time . I never mix up my libraries with
eagle. Another thing about that path is that the first entry is scanned
first, so you may enter your library path as the first.
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards
Joern Paschedag
On 12/13/2011 3:35 PM, John Friede wrote:
On 12/13/2011 2:44 PM, Joern Paschedag wrote:
>> Am 13.12.2011 20:32, schrieb John Friede:
>>> I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I installed the 5.12.0 (upgraded
>>> from 5.11.0). It installed in it's own directory in "Program Files"
>>> which is fine, but now my board files reference the libraries in the old
>>> 5.11.0 directory. What is the standard way for dealing with this?
>>> BTW, running Windows XP Professional
>>
>> My "Standart" is just to set the correct path in control
>> panel/options/directories 
>>
>
I understand that, but options->libraries has the path as
"$EAGLEDIR\lbr". Presumably, the environment variable $EAGLEDIR now
points to C:\Program Files\EAGLE-5.12.0\lbr rather than C:\Program
Files\EAGLE-5.11.0\lbr.
I guess what I should do is just copy the lib and ulp directories over
the ones newly crated and blow the whole 5.11.0 directory away.
Duh! I just realized you can have more than one directory separated by
a semicolon. I will put my custom libraries elsewhere and link to it.
On 12/13/2011 2:44 PM, Joern Paschedag wrote:
Am 13.12.2011 20:32, schrieb John Friede:
>> I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I installed the 5.12.0 (upgraded
>> from 5.11.0). It installed in it's own directory in "Program Files"
>> which is fine, but now my board files reference the libraries in the old
>> 5.11.0 directory. What is the standard way for dealing with this?
>> BTW, running Windows XP Professional
My "Standart" is just to set the correct path in control
panel/options/directories
I understand that, but options->libraries has the path as
"$EAGLEDIR\lbr". Presumably, the environment variable $EAGLEDIR now
points to C:\Program Files\EAGLE-5.12.0\lbr rather than C:\Program
Files\EAGLE-5.11.0\lbr.
I guess what I should do is just copy the lib and ulp directories over
the ones newly crated and blow the whole 5.11.0 directory away.
Am 13.12.2011 20:32, schrieb John Friede:
I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I installed the 5.12.0 (upgraded
from 5.11.0). It installed in it's own directory in "Program Files"
which is fine, but now my board files reference the libraries in the old
5.11.0 directory. What is the standard way for dealing with this?
BTW, running Windows XP Professional
My "Standart" is just to set the correct path in control
panel/options/directories 
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards
Joern Paschedag
