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e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

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

 

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    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 image

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

     

    Joern Paschedag

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    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 image

     

     

    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.

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    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 image

     

     

    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.

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    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 image

    >>>

    >>

    >> 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 image . 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.

     

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    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

     

    Joern Paschedag

     

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    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 image

    >>

    >

    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.

     

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