I have recently loaded Kicad version 5 on my Ubuntu OS. Kicad seems to have loaded OK, I have been able to create a simple schematic which just has a 74HC04 symbol and a few resistors and one connector (20 pin). I have created a netlist. My problem is when I click on the Footprint Editor icon nothing happens. The editor does not come up and it is as if I did not click on the icon. I did not see any errors when I loaded Kicad.
Is there someway to debug this problem? I am not a very experienced user of Kicad. I used Kicad version 4 last year when my Ubuntu was version 14.04, but I now have version 18.04.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks, Jim Harris
I see the fp-lib-table and sym-lib-table files but how do I tell if they are old or the recent version 5 files? I know it sounds like a dumb question, but it is, never the less, a question. Thanks for your reply.