README.md

kicad-builder-docker

Docker Image for Building Kicad: Available on docker hub pcbops/kicad-builder

Used in multi-stage builds of kicad or can be used standalone for development purposes

• latest latest build version targeting master branch of KiCad Development

Two Major Tags

• v5 Stable Version 5.x Builds
• v4 Stable Version 4.x Builds

Version specific tags may be released from time to time e.g. 5.0.1

Using This Image to Build Locally

$ docker run --rm -it -v $(PWD):/workspace pcbops/kicad-builder -c 'mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make'

On linux systems, in order to have the build directory have your user owner instead of root, add the following flag anywhere before the pcbops/kicad-builder

--user $(id -u):$(id -g)

For other platforms refer to docker documentation.

Using This Image as part of multi-stage build

#Dockerfile

#Build Kicad
FROM pcbops:kicad-builder

ADD .
RUN mkdir build &&\
    cd build    &&\
    cmake ..    &&\
    make        &&\
    make install


#User Image without Build Dependencies :)
FROM ubuntu:16.04

COPY from=0 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin

# ...