Hi Ferdinand, 

  I believe the plan forward is to remove the kicad-install.sh from the repository,
since we are getting into a better position to offer built binaries for every platform
(nightly and stable).

Best,
Miguel Ángel.

> On 17/4/2015, at 2:23, Ferdinand T. <email address hidden> wrote:
> 
> Ferdinand T. has proposed merging lp:~f-thiessen/kicad/install-script-update into lp:kicad.
> 
> Requested reviews:
>  kicad-product-committers (kicad-product-committers)
> 
> For more details, see:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~f-thiessen/kicad/install-script-update/+merge/256610
> 
> Added support for openSUSE (pm is zypper) for the kicad installation script.
> -- 
> You are subscribed to branch lp:kicad.
> === modified file 'scripts/kicad-install.sh'
> --- scripts/kicad-install.sh	2015-03-30 21:29:04 +0000
> +++ scripts/kicad-install.sh	2015-04-17 00:22:33 +0000
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> # Install KiCad from source onto either:
> #  -> a Ubuntu/Debian/Mint or
> #  -> a Red Hat
> +#  -> a openSUSE
> # compatible linux system.
> #
> # The "install_prerequisites" step is the only "distro dependent" one.  That step could be modified
> @@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
> install_prerequisites()
> {
>     # Find a package manager, PM
> -    PM=$( command -v yum || command -v apt-get )
> +    PM=$( command -v yum || command -v apt-get || command -v zypper )
> 
>     # assume all these Debian, Mint, Ubuntu systems have same prerequisites
>     if [ "$(expr match "$PM" '.*\(apt-get\)')" == "apt-get" ]; then
> @@ -184,9 +185,45 @@
>                 sudo yum install $sp || exit 1
>             done
>         fi
> +    # assume all zypper systems like openSUSE have same prerequisites
> +    elif [ "$(expr match "$PM" '.*\(zypper\)')" == "zypper" ]; then
> +        #echo "slackware / openSUSE compatible system"
> +        # openSUSE does not have bzrtools in standard repositories, so look at http://software.opensuse.org/package/bzrtools?search_term=bzrtools
> +        # Note: if you find this list not to be accurate, please submit a patch:
> +        prerequisite_list="
> +            bzr
> +            libzip2
> +            libbz2-devel
> +            cmake
> +            cmake-gui
> +            doxygen
> +            cairo-devel
> +            glew-devel
> +            grep
> +            libopenssl-devel
> +            wxWidgets-3_0-devel
> +        "
> +
> +        for p in ${prerequisite_list}
> +        do
> +            sudo zypper in $p || exit 1
> +        done
> +
> +        # Only install the scripting prerequisites if required.
> +        if [ "$(expr match "$OPTS" '.*\(-DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON\)')" == "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON" ]; then
> +        #echo "KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON"
> +            scripting_prerequisites="
> +                python-wxWidgets
> +            "
> +
> +            for sp in ${scripting_prerequisites}
> +            do
> +                sudo zypper in $sp || exit 1
> +            done
> +        fi      
>     else
>         echo
> -        echo "Incompatible System. Neither 'yum' nor 'apt-get' found. Not possible to continue."
> +        echo "Incompatible System. Neither 'yum' nor 'apt-get' nor 'zypper' found. Not possible to continue."
>         echo
>         exit 1
>     fi
> 

Miguel Angel Ajo