support arm linux

[tvt173]

hi @klayoutmatthias this PR aims to add support for ARM linux, for the klayout python package.

fixes #2054

[klayoutmatthias]

Thanks!

But why is the github pipeline not running at all?

Did I disable PR checking on forks somehow? I am not aware of that.

Matthias

[klayoutmatthias]

In this PR, github actions are running: #2052

So what is different here? I can't find a log, so maybe the change somehow breaks the actions?

Some whitespaces have sneaked into the patch. Maybe those are responsible for the fail?

Matthias

[tvt173]

not sure, but i can take a look. i wasn't sure if maybe it was a permissions issue for external contributors running actions, but the other PR should be the same case. i can try reverting the changes to make sure the actions run nominally in the PR

[tvt173]

hi @klayoutmatthias , i think this PR is ready now. i don't have permissions to run the actions on the PR, so i temporarily created a separate workflow to run on my fork to test. it seems to work, and if you approve the workflow to run on this PR, i belive it should work here too
https://github.com/tvt173/klayout/actions/runs/15203318020

[klayoutmatthias]

Thanks a lot! Apparently I have to approve the PR once to trigger the github builds. Right now they are running ... let's see what we will get.

Best regards,

Matthias

[klayoutmatthias]

I think it worked :)

Artifacts can be downloaded here: https://github.com/KLayout/klayout/actions/runs/15205144783/artifacts/3191120067

On a Raspberry PI running Ubuntu 24.04 I can install and use the package:

I guess I can merge this PR. Or would you like to try yourself first?

Thanks for your efforts to set this up!

Matthias

[joamatab]

Thank you @klayoutmatthias !

Could we make a new release?