New user got unexpected error messages in v5.0.0

When I started kicad 5.0.0 this morning, an error dialog box appeared saying:
20181010_kicad_assertion_failed1
Dialog Box:
/build/kicad-5.0.0+dfsg1/common/project.cpp(83): assert "m_project_name.GetExt() == ProjectFileExten

Backtrace

So I clicked the [Copy to Clipboard] button and got this text:

ASSERT INFO:
/build/kicad-5.0.0+dfsg1/common/project.cpp(83): assert "m_project_name.GetExt() == ProjectFileExten

BACKTRACE:
[1] wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**)
[2] __libc_start_main
[3] _start

After clicking the [Continue] button on the dialog, kicad gave me another dialog box error message:


So I clicked the [Copy] button and got this text:

09:21:34: Cannot set locale to language “English (U.S.)”.
09:21:34: locale ‘en_US’ cannot be set.
09:21:37: Cannot set locale to language “English (U.S.)”.
09:21:37: locale ‘en_US’ cannot be set.
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 1: ‘=’ expected.
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 2: ‘=’ expected.
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 3: ‘=’ expected.
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 4: ‘=’ expected.
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 5: ‘=’ expected.

[ lines 6 through 256 omitted because I don’t see any new information ]

09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 255: ‘=’ expected
09:25:32: file ‘/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch’, line 256: ‘=’ expected

Here is my kicad version info. from [Help]…[About Kicad}:

Application: kicad
Version: 5.0.0+dfsg1-2~bpo9+1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.17.0 (+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7
Platform: Linux 4.17.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
Boost: 1.62.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.52.1
Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010

Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=OFF

Here is my operating system info.:
$ uname -a
Linux neptune1 4.16.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.16.5-1~bpo9+1 (2018-05-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux
george@neptune1:~/linux/neptune5.3

de KInfoCenter - Info Center:

Software
Neptune 5.0
KDE Plasma Version 5.12.5
KDE Frameworks Version 5.46.0
Qt Version 5.7.1
Kernel Version 4.16.0-0bpo1-amd64
OS Type 64-bit

Hardware
Processors: 4-AMDAB-5600K APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics
Memory: 6.9GiBN of RAM
Swap: 3.5 GiB of Swap
Graphics
OpenGL Renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.5.0/4.16.0-0.bpo.1-amd64, LLVM 5.0.1)
Xorg-Server/Wayland: 1.19.2
Mesa 3D: 17.3.9

OS
OS Type: 64-bit
OS Version: Neptune5

The message surprised me because I had no intention of opening this project,
555_PWM_AC.

The following text appeared in the right-hand-side of the main kicad GUI on a white
background:

Project name:
/home/george/kicad4/555-PWM-relay/555_PWM_AC/555_PWM_AC.sch

Maybe I simply didn’t properly close this project – could that be it? No, actually, I don’t recall ever opening it w/ kicad 5.0.0.
EDIT: When I tried to open the project I had last been working on
(KiCad5.0.0_dfsg1-2-bpo9+1//home/george/kicad5/BuildElectronicCircuits.demo/BuildElectronicCircuits_demo.pro
I got another error message in another dialog box,

If there’s anything I can do to fix kicad, please let me know.

Russ

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