Downloaded a single *.lib + *.dcm file from the KiCad github

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So i noticed that my files in my C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\kicad\library are really outdated compared to what i have found at https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/tree/master/library
(i just installed the latest version of KiCad)

After i wasted 5 hours googling how to update my outdated files i decided to manually download “atmel.lib” and “atmel.dcm” from github and put them into my mentioned …\kicad\library folder.
It owerwrote my older, much smaller “atmel.lib” and “atmel.dcm” files.

Then when i loaded KiCad and opened a .sch file i got an error message regarding those two “atmel” files saying stuff like “io error … not an eeschema library”

How should i actually update my stock libs?

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Two ways:

  1. Use this link http://ci.kicad.org/job/windows-kicad-msys2-nightlies/ws/pack-i686/share/kicad/library/zip/library.zip to download ZIP file with symbol libraries from Jenkins automatic build system. (If you encounter Gateway Timeout error, try again)
  2. Go to the KiCad/kicad-library GitHub repository https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library and click on Clone or Download then Downlonad ZIP.

Using both ways extract files from library folder to the KiCad library folder. Backup your current files before copying!

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How exactly did you “manually download” them? If you did “Save Page As” in a browser, you might have got some bad data in the file.

I find the simple and reliable way is to download the zip (option 2 in @keruseykaryu post). Note there can be problems copying files into c:\program files due to Windows UAC.

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I tried the second option and it worked! Thanks!

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I did “save link as”/“save target as” when i downloaded those files. Option 2 worked, thanks!