Nightly Build Installation on linux

[CHENCHETY-ABHISHEK]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad/kicad-dev-nightly
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kicad-nightly

I am trying to install latest kicad nightly build on linux machine, and I am unable to get latest version

Below is the version info shown after installation:

Application: KiCad x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 7.99.0-unknown-a3754785df~172~ubuntu20.04.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.1
	FreeType 2.10.1
	HarfBuzz 2.6.4
	FontConfig 2.13.1
	libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3

Platform: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ubuntu, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Jun 12 2023 16:03:36
	wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.71.0
	OCC: 7.5.2
	Curl: 7.68.0
	ngspice: 40
	Compiler: GCC 9.4.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:

Build Info shows that this was build on Jun 12 2023

Can someone help with installation of latest weekly builds?

[paulvdh]

I’m having the same issue. Update of the nightly is stuck on the: Date: Jun 12 2023 16:03:36 version. Libraries and 3D models do update when I run system updates, but KiCad itself does not.

paul@cezanne:~$ sudo apt update
...

Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
Ign:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
Err:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages           
  Cannot initiate the connection to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (2620:2d:4000:1::3e). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 185.125.190.52 80]
Err:26 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages            
  Cannot initiate the connection to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (2620:2d:4000:1::3e). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 185.125.190.52 80]

...
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/binary-amd64/Packages  Cannot initiate the connection to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (2620:2d:4000:1::3e). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 185.125.190.52 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/binary-i386/Packages  Cannot initiate the connection to ppa.launchpad.net:80 (2620:2d:4000:1::3e). - connect (101: Network is unreachable) [IP: 185.125.190.52 80]
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead..

And an upgrade shows that footpritns and symbols are updated:

paul@cezanne:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kicad-nightly-footprints kicad-nightly-symbols
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 26,3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 293 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 kicad-nightly-footprints all 202310232318+4a50e5d33~14~ubuntu20.04.1 [23,8 MB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kicad/kicad-dev-nightly/ubuntu focal/main amd64 kicad-nightly-symbols all 202310220921+0a27a187~10~ubuntu20.04.1 [2.569 kB]
Fetched 26,3 MB in 22s (1.203 kB/s)                                                                                                                                             
(Reading database ... 495971 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../kicad-nightly-footprints_202310232318+4a50e5d33~14~ubuntu20.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking kicad-nightly-footprints (202310232318+4a50e5d33~14~ubuntu20.04.1) over (202310102017+b64cd3571~14~ubuntu20.04.1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../kicad-nightly-symbols_202310220921+0a27a187~10~ubuntu20.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking kicad-nightly-symbols (202310220921+0a27a187~10~ubuntu20.04.1) over (202310111317+ea20e467~10~ubuntu20.04.1) ...
Setting up kicad-nightly-footprints (202310232318+4a50e5d33~14~ubuntu20.04.1) ...
Setting up kicad-nightly-symbols (202310220921+0a27a187~10~ubuntu20.04.1) ...