Error Encountered IO_ERROR: Footprint library path

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I am using Kicads stable version 4.4 64bit.
While loading footprint, following error occured.
IO_ERROR:footprint library path
‘https://github.com/kiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty’ does not exist from from C:/Jenkins/workspace/windows-kicad-msys2-stable/src/kicad-4.0/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp:FootprintEnumerate() : line 1786

Please help regarding this.

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Is that the only error or are there more of the same?

Did you run that version of KiCAD before? Successfully?
Did you upgrade anything?

Is your KiCAD free to access the internet?

I tested https://github.com/kiCad/Capacitors_Tantalum_SMD.pretty and it exists…

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I have seen this error myself. So far on the Windows version at work. It is (nor can it be) connected to the Internet.

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The method kicad_plugin.cpp:FootprintEnumerate() is designed to load from a local folder, not a URL, so it will throw an error if it gets a URL.

I guess that could happen if you have a footprint table entry set to KiCad when it should be Github, or there is a bug in the cache handling in KiCad.