Struggle running updated KiCad flatpak

[icebird]

I am a tinkerer with KiCad, been following it since last century, but sidetracked to other programs. I am unable to spend enough time to get to know it properly, maybe one day.

I am running Linux PCLinuxOS, which has v5.1x in repo. Month ago such as before covid I suggested an upgrade. Not enough requests to entice action on that.

With caution I experimented with a flatpak version installed about 1 year ago , and it seems to work.

Application: KiCad PCB Editor

Version: 6.0.0, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.1.5
libcurl/7.79.1-DEV GnuTLS/3.7.2 (NSS/3.68.1) (OpenSSL/1.1.1l) zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.3.1 nghttp2/1.44.0

Platform: Linux 5.14.16-pclos1 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ,

Build Info:
Date: Dec 25 2021 12:30:46
wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.78.0
OCC: 7.5.1
Curl: 7.79.1-DEV
ngspice: 35
Compiler: GCC 11.2.0 with C++ ABI 1016

Build settings:
KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
KICAD_USE_EGL=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON

From command line
flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.kicad.KiCad.flatpakref

It seems the flatpak has been updated to v 6.0.9 well I think so. Not sure it means the ‘flat pak’ has or KiCad. I think it is flat pak update because when installing I get this message

[gert@hp800-G2 ~]$ flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.kicad.KiCad.flatpakref
error: App org.kicad.KiCad, branch stable is already installed
[gert@hp800-G2 ~]$

Can anybody enlighten me a bit?

Added, I am unfamiliar or have forgotten how this forum works. Seems readable though. Blockquote seems not to do what I expected.

[jmk]

Can’t help with flatpak. You may have to wait for Europe and US to wake up.

To block quote: Hold left mouse button down from start to finish of quote. Upon release, left click the the word “quote” in the pop-up box.

About Kicad and OS versions: Go to Help > About Kicad. Top RH corner click “Copy Version Info” then paste into your post.

[icebird]

Thank you for replying.
Tested your info on ‘blockquoting’ it seemed familiar, my poor memory does not reach to let me know if I have used it before here in this forum. I think I have got it for the time being.

How to get the version details, I did find that out, pasted it in my favorite text editor with a bit of other information and copied back to here.

My thinking of the the flatpack message that ‘stable version’ was already installed made me think I will hide it by renaming. Well I did that but I don’t think I found the right place to rename the directory because it did not work.

By hiding I was hoping the install of the v 6.0.9. would go ahead

[icebird]

[gert@hp800-G2 ~]$ flatpak
build enter ps
build-bundle history remote-add
build-commit-from info remote-delete
build-export install remote-info
build-finish kill remote-ls
build-import-bundle list remote-modify
build-init make-current remotes
build-sign mask repair
build-update-repo override repo
config permission-remove run
create-usb permission-reset search
document-export permissions uninstall
document-info permission-set update
documents permission-show
document-unexport pin
[gert@hp800-G2 ~]$ flatpak

Above is the ‘flatpak’ options and I got the trail when I came across

How to Completely Remove Flatpak - Linux Mint

This worked in my case, used a number of the options to check, and experiment till I was confident to apply it on my machine.

When removed the normal install worked, and I now how ver 6.0.9 running in pclinuxos. I have posted this on the PCLinuxOS Forum partly as a record for my own help when I forget what I am doing.

I have made some small experiments and it seems I do remember enough to make use of schematic editor. Though it takes me far too long time compared with what I could do in the past. Seems my excursion to use Autotrax, quite brilliant but only in Windows land, have cost me rather dear in time. I really wanted to get back to Linux.

I am happy experimenter now