Problems with all KiCad Plugins

[Linze99]

Hi,
lately I was trying to get some Plugins running for pcbnew(rf tools for example). As I click on External Plugins->Refresh or restart KiCad it still doesnt work.
If I click on the scripting console it also gives an error: “Cant open python scripting console”
I somewhere read that action plugins only work on nightly builds?
I could also reinstall KiCad but that would be the last option since I have a wide variety of settings changend right now.

Could there be another Problem?
I put the plugins in all /scripting/plugins folders of Kicad that I could find

Thanks in advance.

[paulvdh]

What KiCad version are you using?

In KiCad-nightly V5.99 there is some error in the configuration and a path to python is missing. More info by following the link below.

[SOLVED] Kicad Nightly "unable to create the Python console"

Using latest KiCad-nightly, I get an error when trying to run Python Console, but it works fine in stable version. See version info below. ERROR Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 1, in ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘kicad_pyshell’ [Screenshot from 2021-01-15 15-18-55] On the bug tracker, I found this issue which looks similar Anyone got suggestions / tips ? OS INFO On 64-bit Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS VERSION INFO Application: Pcbnew Version: 5.99.0-unknown-d2d4ffe…

[straubm]

In my installation, W10, V5.99 (most recent nightly) the Pyhon console works perfectly.
The stock scripts are in “C:\Program Files\KiCad\5.99\bin\scripting\plugins”.
User scripts live at %APPDATA%\kicad\5.99\scripting\plugins".
There was something going on with *.json config files and paths which turned out pretty annoying - to say the least. It is fixed now, but the residues might still hang around in the config files if you installed the faulty nightly ( 4-5 days ago, but I might be wrong). You might want to check the *.json files for correct paths in %APPDATA%\Roaming\kicad\5.99 (if you are on Windows) or wherever they are on other OSs.