IO error on attempting to save footprint to new library

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Greetings,

I am a KiCad newbie trying to make the transition from Eagle. I’m running BZR 6253 on OS X El Capitan.

I’ve run into a problem in saving a new footprint to a new library. When I try to do so, I get the message: “IO_ERROR: library directory ‘/Users/[my username]/Dropbox/Documents/KiCad/library.pretty’ has unexpected sub-directories from /Users/jenkins/remoteroot/workspace/KiCadBuildMac/kicad/pcbnew/kicad_plugin.cpp : FootprintLibDelete() : line 1941”. “jenkins” is not a user on my machine so I believe this is an artifact of the build, and I see file paths relating to “jenkins” referenced in bug reports but not specifically involving new footprints.

Any advice as to next steps I can take to correct the problem would be appreciated. I haven’t found any obvious answers online but if there is a resource I have overlooked, I’d appreciate hearing about it as that will help me as I no doubt encounter further problems on my KiCad journey.

  • Rob
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Well, does that library folder have subfolders or not?

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It has no subfolders.

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Build of kicad-2015-09-01 BZR 6138 does work without problem on OSX Yosemite. I suggest it

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IO Error is pretty generic, but here’s what mine was:

Basically I downloaded from GitHub and it had the old directory location mapped in the fp lib table. I went and cleared it out and re-added the library and then it was good.

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Thanks for the suggestion regarding BZR 6138. Where might I find this? It looks like right now the KiCad nightly builds only go back to October 2.

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Thank you for the suggestion about the fp-lib-tables. I went through them and did not find any hardcoded paths, but all the paths begin with {KISYSMOD} which I take to be a variable defined elsewhere. Where might I find and change that variable definition in OS X? Many thanks for any advice.

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downloadable below link

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In the main KiCAD window… click on Preferences > Path Configuration

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Bolor, thank you very much for the download link. That version gives me the same problem, so there must be something about my configuration that is creating the issue.

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Thank you, Joan. I went to that menu and tried changing the value there with an absolute one, but no joy.

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Hi,

i have installed El Capitan today. It doesn’t work on El Capitan without problem. Many of mine home-brew python packages doesn’t work. therefor i did downgrade to Yosemite. It does work well. El Capitan is a last shit.

Sorry for the false suggestion. It works only well on Yosemite.
Kicad lib paths are not right set there. Below my path sitting. it can be helpful

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“tried changing” implies it didn’t stick?
In that case, have a look in this directory on your main drive:

…\Users\{your user name}\AppData\Roaming\kicad

There are a couple of files in there… the one you want is kicad_common
You can change it in there and see if it sticks?