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+#!/bin/bash
+sudo yum groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries" 
+sudo yum install bzr bzrtools cmake GLC_lib-devel glew-devel cairo-devel bzip2-devel wxGTK3-devel openssl-devel doxygen patch
+
+bzr launchpad-login "saipeloan" 
+bzr whoami "Cyryl Plotnicki-Chudyk <bzr@cyplo.net>" 
+
+mkdir -p ~/build/kicad
+cd ~/build/kicad
+
+echo "add the following pubkey to launchpad:"
+cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+echo "press [enter] when the key is added"
+read
+echo "checking out sources..."
+
+bzr checkout lp:kicad kicad.bzr
+cd kicad.bzr
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DKICAD_STABLE_VERSION=ON ../
+make clean
+make -j8
+sudo make install
+
+# install component libraries
+cd ~/build/kicad
+bzr checkout lp:~kicad-product-committers/kicad/library kicad-library.bzr
+cd kicad-library.bzr
+mkdir build 
+cd build/ 
+cmake ../ 
+sudo make install
+