Kicad 5.1 Linux Mint Library Table Issue

[shire]

Linux Mint 19 and Kicad 5.1. I’m getting a “Configuration Global Symbol Library Table” issue the first time I run the schematic editor. “Copy default global symbol library table (recommended)” is grayed out. My only choices are “Copy custom global symbol library table” and “Create an empty global symbol library table”. Did not have this issue with Ubuntu 18.04. How can I fix this?

Below is how I installed Kicad 5.1 on Linux Mint. I installed it the same way on Ubuntu 18.04 and did not have this issue. I seems like the Mint installation was a lot quicker and maybe some of the libraries are missing?

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-5.1
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-suggests kicad

[shire]

I figured out how to get the symbols and footprints to work after installing Kicad on Linux Mint 19 with the steps below… I don’t understand why the libraries don’t install and work by default (like they do on Ubuntu) when installing Kicad from the repository using “sudo apt install --install-suggests kicad” to install Kicad?

1. Download the official kicad symbol and footprint libraries from here:
   https://github.com/kicad/kicad-symbols
   https://github.com/kicad/kicad-footprints

2. Unzip the libraries

3. Copy “sym-lib-table” to /home/$USERNAME/.config/kicad

4. Copy “fp-lib-table” to /home/$USERNAME/.config/kicad/

5. Copy all files from “kicad-symbols” folder to “/usr/share/kicad/library”. If folder does not exist, create it.

6. Copy all files from “kicad-footprints” folder to “/usr/share/kicad/modules”. If folder does not exist, create it.