Platform: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, mate, x11
Build Info:
Date: Aug 4 2021 18:53:57
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.71.0
OCC: 7.3.0
Curl: 7.68.0
ngspice: 31
Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
So everything I show on my computer says I’m on version 5.99, but KiCAD org says it’s only up to version 5.1.10. So is the main internet page 0.8 versions behind, or am I a time traveler and 0.8 versions ahead?
Yes, I see that the Platform is Linux 5.11.0 but that doesn’t match what the .org says either. Nor does it match what I’m showing…5.99.0.
So could someone clear up this minor irritation for me? Thanks! (I do like the thought of being a time traveler though).
My son informs me that he installed the upgrades when I wasn’t looking. So that mystery is solved. Platform is mentioned in my first post. Used ‘Term’ to install KiCad.
I’m pleased with the look and feel of the 5.99 version and haven’t had a problem with my older projects popping right up when opened.
Do have a problem where none of the thousands of library components that should be available show up when I try to add anything to a schematic but I’ve yet to do a search about it. Likely just a path issue.
It’s also possible that when your son installed the nightly, he picked the option to create a default (empty) library table rather than to use the default library table containing the built-in libraries.
Since @Jim_HiTek is on Linux, I assume this is not the case – you have to try fairly hard to install KiCad without the libraries on Linux.
If you want to try resetting your configuration, you can re-do the “first start” dialogs, one of which will give you the option to install the default global library tables. Try this to see if it fixes your library configuration.
To do so, you have to delete your configuration directory while KiCad is not running (you can also make a backup of this directory or rename it).
Since you’re on Linux, this will be located at ~/.config/kicad/5.99. If you browse to ~/.config/kicad in your file manager or terminal, you should find the 5.99 directory. You can rename it, for example to 5.99_backup, which will cause KiCad to re-create it the next time you run it.
Opps. Should have come back to mention that I did find that I was just to timid with the libraries and KiCad’s conversion routine. Once I let KiCad guide me when I tried to open an older schematic, and went with the instructions instead of balking at it, I find that everything is there! Brilliant!
I would really like to see a conversion from OrCAD to KiCad though. I have hundreds of OrCAD schematics and PCBs I’d like to convert.
Yes, I am on Ubuntu v21.10. KiCad works slick, no big problems now. Couple of minor issues (posted on a different thread) but whatever, maybe v6.0 will fix them.