Any way to omit global libs in a specific project?

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@KarlZeilhofer

You can use KICAD_CONFIG_HOME for KiCad 5, and that’s fine.

But the point here was to use KiCad 4.0.7…

@KarlZeilhofer

What exactly do you mean by back ported V4.0.7 libs?

Kicad 4.0.x backport release of kicad v5 library is now available on github

To make the transition period between kicad version 5 and kicad version 4 easier we released a backport of the version 5 libraries intended to be used with kicad 4.0.x releases. This set of libraries allows users who can not update to development builds to use the libs intended for v5 in their projects under kicad 4.0.x. (Especially useful for new projects) Doing so will make the conversion to version 5 a lot easier. To get the new libs head over to the github download pages and download a z…

@KarlZeilhofer

If you do not mind the “library pollution”,

That’s what I was trying to avoid.

@KarlZeilhofer

you can use some prefix for your “new” libs in your new projects in the local fp-lib-table.

Renaming the backported libs would defeat the purpose of being ready for v5. But the v5 libraries generally already have different names than the v4 libraries (singular instead of plural).

@KarlZeilhofer

Then you will see all the libs: the old global libs and the new local libs.

Sure, that is my fallback option, which I guess I will have to do. It just means I have to wade through the v4 libraries in CvPCB and pick out the v5 libraries. Inconvenient, but not a show-stopper.