I’ve been using Kicad 7 (nightly and than official 7), on Kubuntu for some time and have some work on progress. (version 7 is awesome by the way! Thank you guys!)
For some weird reason I am forced to work on a MX Linux now!! And I am unable to figure out how to install Kicad 7 here.
If I simple run
sudo apt install kicad
as appears on download page, it will install Kicad 5.
I managed to setup PPA from ubuntu (had to install key manually) and the apt finally found Kicad 7, but it is not possible to install it. Here is the error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kicad : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35) but 2.31-13+deb11u5 is to be installed
Depends: libglew2.2 (>= 2.2.0-4) but it is not installable
Depends: libocct-data-exchange-7.6 (>= 7.6.3+dfsg1) but it is not installable
Depends: libocct-foundation-7.6 (>= 7.6.3+dfsg1) but it is not installable
Depends: libocct-modeling-algorithms-7.6 (>= 7.6.3+dfsg1) but it is not installable
Depends: libocct-modeling-data-7.6 (>= 7.6.3+dfsg1) but it is not installable
Depends: libocct-ocaf-7.6 (>= 7.6.3+dfsg1) but it is not installable
Depends: libodbc2 (>= 2.3.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libpython3.11 (>= 3.11.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libstdc++6 (>= 12) but 10.2.1-6 is to be installed
Depends: libwxbase3.2-1 (>= 3.2.1+dfsg) but it is not installable
Depends: libwxgtk-gl3.2-1 (>= 3.2.1+dfsg) but it is not installable
Depends: libwxgtk3.2-1 (>= 3.2.1+dfsg-2) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Some info of my current OS:
uname -a
Linux gustavo-lt 6.0.0-6mx-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.0.12-1~mx21+1 (2022-12-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Because Debian typically does not update packages as frequently as Ubuntu in the base repositories, you need to enable backports repositories if you want to get something newer on Debian.
However even with this, you won’t get 7.0, because it’s too new. You’ll need to use FlatPak for this, as it depends on newer libraries that aren’t packaged for Debian 11.
BTW even though Ubuntu is descended from Debian, it has diverged so much that it’s the head of its own family now. So don’t mix Ubuntu and Debian repos.
6.0.11 is the newest KiCAD package in Debian repo, even for Debian Sid (unstable). Not surprise. KiCAD 7 is 2 weeks old or so. Give them some time. Seems like they know that 7.0.0 has been already released.
Basically if you want “age of the Linux desktop”, do not use Debian. It’s entire methodology is shipping 4 year old software today. Works great for servers, horrible for desktop.
After getting burned with Mandrake, I chose Debian. Mandrake was to RedHat as Ubuntu is to Debian. Granted, I think Ubuntu is going to have more staying power. Kinda funny when you see Ubuntu package maintainers laying off blame on Debian though.
I can install mailman3-full on Debian 11 but latest Ubuntu? Not so much. Weird how that one works. I think they over got a little too fast with some libraries. Not really sure though.
Eh, Ubuntu is only better for KiCad because they have the PPA system, and we (KiCad) provide a PPA that is up-to-date.
Even Arch, the supposed bleeding edge distro, does not have KiCad 7 yet.
Personally I have used a number of operating systems but prefer to get my software from the developers, rather than waiting for unaffiliated distro packagers to eventually repackage it. This means making full use of things like FlatPak, AppImage, and yes, even snap sometimes.
Sorry, this is bullshit!
This might be somehow true ages ago it’s simply not true in recent versions!
If you don’t know how Debian is working and intend to work don’t write such misinformation.
Debian has started the soft freeze about a month ago to start the finalization of the next stable release. This simply means that no newer version uploads are allowed that can break other packages. KiCad 7.0.0 was released to late get into the bookworm release.
I’ve prepared a version 7.0.0 locally for some days which will go into experimental for now. So if you want to use the newest version of KiCad you will need to be patient for a while. Some minor quirks will need to get fixed first.
I use (X)Ubuntu, but for home Debian users - only Sid (“rolling” unstable). It’s more stable than most of other distros anyway .
KiCAD v7 should be there soon (as per my previous email in this thread - they are already notified that v7 has been released). Not as fresh as PPA with the very recent bug fixes, etc, but still OK I guess.
Since I already have these projects saved on version 7
Bad idea, don’t use the latest and shiniest version for work you actually care about, no matter which software. Being a bit conservative about professional tools is often a good idea.
I still use KiCad version 5 for my work (but thinking about using KiCad 7 to export it). Same with other software, it took me till 2019 before switching from C99 to C11.
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See – same like it takes part of the US a few centuries to switch to metric…