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

[Anool]

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’

On the bug tracker, I found this issue which looks similar

python console fails to open with wxWidgets 3.1 (#4431) · Issues · KiCad /...

Anyone got suggestions / tips ?

OS INFO
On 64-bit Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

VERSION INFO
Application: Pcbnew

Version: 5.99.0-unknown-d2d4ffe6d0~107~ubuntu20.04.1, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
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: Linux 5.8.0-38-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ubuntu, x11

Build Info:
Date: Jan 13 2021 10:17:22
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.71.0
OCC: 7.3.0
Curl: 7.68.0
ngspice: 31
Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[qu1ck]

You are probably running into https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/7089
Just wait a day and install a newer nightly, it’s already fixed.

[paulvdh]

The link below has two links to gitlab about a missing path to python, and this prevents the console to start.

Is the python plugins disable at KiCad Nigthly?

Apparently there are some problems with paths related to Python in KiCad V5.99. This one is related to he python console in Pcbnew: This one is related to the Footprint Wizards:

[Anool]

Ah, okay. I’ll wait it out.

[paulvdh]

Wait it out?
Just add an environment variable with the python path.
I did this a few weeks ago, and others have reported sucess with it too if you follow the links I posted.

[Anool]

I’m quite clunky when it comes to fiddling with code, so thanks for the push. Adding a path to variable PYTHONPATH fixed it.

PYTHONPATH = /usr/share/kicad-nightly/scripting