@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ KiCad's Pcbnew plugins can be placed in following places, depending on
2323platform.
2424
2525- Windows
26- - ` {KICAD_INSTALL_PATH}/share/kicad/scripting `
2726 - ` {KICAD_INSTALL_PATH}/share/kicad/scripting/plugins `
28- - ` %KICAD_PATH%/scripting `
2927 - ` %KICAD_PATH%/scripting/plugins `
30- - ` %APPDATA%/Roaming/kicad/scripting `
3128 - ` %APPDATA%/Roaming/kicad/scripting/plugins `
3229
30+ - Linux
31+ - ` ~/.kicad/scripting/plugins `
32+ - ` ~/.kicad_plugins `
3333
3434- MacOS
3535 - ` /Applications/kicad/Kicad/Contents/SharedSupport/scripting/plugins `
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ with symlinks just copy InteractiveHtmlBom folder into one of plugin
4545directories.
4646
4747If you want this plugin to work in all KiCad versions you install, it's
48- best to put it in user folder (` %APPDATA% ` for Windows, ` ~/ ` for MacOS).
48+ best to put it in user folder (` %APPDATA% ` for Windows, ` ~/ ` for Linux/ MacOS).
4949
50- ** Linux users can not install this plugin** at the moment because of
51- wxPython/GTK3 mess. If you try to do it pcbnew will most likely crash.
52- This _ should_ be fixed in KiCad 5.1.
53- Meanwhile read on below on how to use it as a standalone script.
50+ Some newer linux distributions have wxpython option in KiCad disabled because of
51+ wxPython/GTK3 mess. In that case you have to try to compile KiCad yourself with
52+ scripting enabled or you can use this plugin from command line.
5453
5554## Usage
5655
@@ -65,11 +64,14 @@ Save the file and press the
6564![ iBOM] ( https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom/master/InteractiveHtmlBom/icon.png )
6665button on the top toolbar.
6766
68- On builds that have plugin menu enabled
67+ If the button is not on the toolbar
6968` Tools -> External Plugins... -> Generate Interactive HTML BOM ` also works.
7069
70+ _ In recent nightly builds you can choose to hide the plugin button in
71+ pcbnew preferences._
72+
7173` bom ` folder with generated html bom will be created where the board
72- file is saved. On Windows html bom page will be automatically opened in default
74+ file is saved. Html bom page will be automatically opened in default
7375browser.
7476
7577### Standalone script
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