Hello,
i wanted to upgrade KiCAd to an up to date version.
Therefore i tried adding the PPA (ppa:js-reynaud/ppa-kicad) and installed that version.
It gets installed and i can start it, but evertime i get:
“The following libraries were not found:
special”
And my project files (eeschema) dont work anymore.
So i used the helper script, but i ended up with the very same behavior.
Somehere who might know how to solve this?
Thanks in advance,
Best Regards
Zocom
Did you use the install script before you used the PPA?
But to fix this, just remove the special library from eeschema. It is not available anymore, the parts has moved to more appropiate libs.
In terms of the complaint about the missing “special” library, I get the same behaviour on my system which is updated via the same ppa. Since I was not using any schematic symbols from the Special library, I decided to simply remove it in Preferences->Component Libraries.
This stopped the complaint from happening
I did not experience any trouble opening my project files, even before I solved the library complaint, so perhaps this problem is a separate issue? Or perhaps you were using schematic symbols from the Special library, in which case you will either need to find the source of that library and add it to KiCAD or replace the schematic symbols with those from another library which is present.