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====== Part Manager Installation ======

The parts manager is in development. All required functionality is not implemented.


===== Requirements =====

Building and using the part manager requires the following packages:

^ PackageName   ^ Description                                             ^ Use      ^
| autoconf      | automatic configure script builder                      | Required |
| automake      | A tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles | Required |
| gcc           | The GNU C compiler                                      | Required |
| geda          | GPL EDA -- Electronics design software (metapackage)    | Required |
| git-core      | fast, scalable, distributed revision control system     | Required |
| guile-1.8     | The GNU extension language and Scheme interpreter       | Required |
| guile-1.8-dev | Development files for Guile 1.8                         | Required |
| libgtk2.0-dev | Development files for the GTK+ library                  | Required |
| libtool       | Generic library support script                          | Required |
| pkg-config    | Manage compile and link flags for libraries             | Required |
| xsltproc      | XSLT command line processor                             | Required |

Additionally, GParts requires a database for the back-end.  Currently, GParts
can use either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.

==== MySQL ====
In order to use MySQL, the packages listed below must be installed.  The
mysql-server package may not be required if configured to use a remote server.

^ PackageName        ^ Description                      ^ Use      ^
| libmysqlclient-dev | MySQL database development files | Required |
| mysql-client       | MySQL database client            | Required |
| mysql-server       | MySQL database server            | Required |

==== PostgreSQL ====

In order to use PostgreSQL, the following packages must be installed:
(TODO: PostgreSQL not supported yet.)

^ PackageName ^ Description                         ^ Use      ^
| libpq-dev   | Header files for PostgreSQL library | Required |
| postgresql  | Object-relational SQL database      | Required |

==== SQLite ====

In order to use SQLite, the following packages must be installed:

^ PackageName   ^ Description                           ^ Use      ^
| libsqlite3-0     | SQLite 3 shared library               | Required |
| libsqlite3-0-dbg | SQLite 3 debugging symbols            | Optional |
| libsqlite3-dev   | SQLite 3 development files            | Required |
| sqlite3          | A command line interface for SQLite 3 | Required |
| sqlite3-doc      | SQLite 3 documentation                | Optional |

Of course, installing all packages before building allows the application to
use either database for the back-end.

===== Building GParts from Source =====

If needed, obtain the source from the source repository.

  $ git clone git://git.geda-project.org/gparts
  Initialized empty Git repository in /home/username/Projects/gparts/.git/
  remote: Counting objects: 930, done.
  remote: Compressing objects: 100% (712/712), done.
  remote: Total 930 (delta 735), reused 269 (delta 207)
  Receiving objects: 100% (930/930), 745.34 KiB | 283 KiB/s, done.
  Resolving deltas: 100% (735/735), done.
  $ cd gparts
  $

In the top directory of the source package, execute the following commands.
Support for PostgreSQL is incomplete, so use the configure option.

  $ ./autogen.sh
  $ ./configure --without-postgresql
  $ make

The install requires root privileges.

  $ sudo make install

Finally, test the executable.

  $ gparts

To ensure dynamically loaded modules for database support work, select
Database->Connect... from the part manager menu. The combo box Database
Type should so options for the various databases supported.

{{geda:gparts-ss-connect-types.png|}}

If no database modules appear in the combo box, it is likely the parts manager
could not find the rc files. The parts manager needs to know the location of
system-gafrc file. The parts manager will search for this file, but sometimes
cannot locate it. Providing the following environment variable provides better
results. For distributions using Debian packages, the system-gafrc file can be
located with dpkg.

  $ dpkg -S system-gafrc
  libgeda-common: /etc/gEDA/system-gafrc

  $ GEDADATARC=/etc/gEDA
  $ export GEDADATARC

Additionally, the parts manager needs to know the location of the symbol
library and scheme files.

  $ dpkg -S gschem.scm
  geda-gschem: /usr/share/gEDA/scheme/gschem.scm

  $ GEDADATADIR=/usr/share/gEDA
  $ export GEDADATADIR
===== Database Creation =====


==== MySQL ====

Install MySQL.

  * Tested under 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1.

To create the database, enter MySQL command line mode as root and enter the SQL
commands below.  Placing the password in the command line could leave the
password in the command line history.  Using only the -p option will cause
mysql to prompt for the password and avoid this situation.  A different
database name, other than gparts, can be specified by the user.  Using
different names, the user can create multiple GPart databases.  Additionally,
user accounts may need to be created.

  $ mysql -u root -p

  mysql> create database GParts;
  mysql> use GParts;
  mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to 'user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';

After creating the database, the base tables and part-specific tables must be
created.  All the SQL commands to perform these operations are included in the
distributed files.  Enter the following commands at the MySQL command line.

  mysql> source sql/mysql/create-basic.sql
  mysql> source sql/mysql/create-categories.sql
  mysql> source sql/mysql/create-discretes.sql
  mysql> source sql/mysql/create-passives.sql

Begin loading the database, starting with package data.  The package data must
be loaded before any parts.

  mysql> source data/packages.sql

The package includes a tool to parse the symbol libraries and generate an
SQL file for import into the database.  Run the tool at the shell prompt, then
import the file from an MySQL prompt.  The tool requires the root gEDA
directory as the only parameter. Your gEDA root directory may be different than
below.  The symbol data must be loaded before any parts.

  $ tools/symbols.py /usr/share/gEDA >tmp/symbols.sql

  mysql> source tmp/symbols.sql

The package includes a script to generate some sample part data.  Similar to
the symbol tool, run the script at the shell prompt, then import the data at
the MySQL prompt.

  $ data/parts-bourns.py >tmp/parts-bourns.sql

  mysql> source tmp/parts-bourns.sql


==== PostgreSQL ====

TODO: Finish implementation

==== SQLite ====

The source package contains a sample database in the location below. This
database can be opened from directly within the parts manager.

  * gparts/sql/sqlite/sample.db

If required, use the following command line to create a new database or recreate
the sample database. In this example, the present working directory must be
gparts/sql/sqlite.

  $ sqlite3 sample.db
  SQLite version 3.6.22
  Enter ".help" for instructions
  Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
  sqlite>

After creating the database, read base and part specific tables into the
database.

  sqlite> .read create-basic.sql
  sqlite> .read create-categories.sql
  sqlite> .read create-discretes.sql
  sqlite> .read create-passives.sql

Read sample symbols into the database.

  sqlite> .read symbols.sql

Exit the command line interface.

  sqlite> .exit

Read sample companies and packages into the database. The source distribution stores packages in XML. The distribution contains an XSLT stylesheet to convert XML into SQL for importing into SQLite. Use the following command line to perform this operation.

  $ xsltproc convert.xml ../../data/companies.xml | sqlite3 sample.db
  $ xsltproc convert.xml ../../data/packages.xml | sqlite3 sample.db

Read sample parts into the database.

  $ ../../data/parts-bourns.py >../../tmp/parts-bourns.xml
  $ xsltproc convert.xml ../../tmp/parts-bourns.xml | sqlite3 sample.db

For other sample parts, the data is not generated with a script.

  $ xsltproc convert.xml ../../tmp/rhom-discretes.xml | sqlite3 sample.db