No footprints for symbols kicad 5.99 - Stock library

[Phelar]

Hi!

I´m new to KiCAD.
I have problems with the stock library, there is no problems with the symbols in schematic view but there is no footprint to the symbols when i going to assign them. I thought all the components in the stock lib got footprints?

[pedro]

Library management in KiCad version 5

Disclaimer: screenshots taken in nightly from between version 5.0 and 5.1. Version 5.0.x looks slightly different. Version 5.1.x will look like the screenshots show. This is a detailed lecture. If you want to know how to simply add some assets you downloaded to KiCad then you can read the shorter tutorial How to get a downloaded symbol, footprint or full library into KiCad version 5? Summary KiCad does not automatically detect libraries! There is no special library location (you might still ca…