Unable to save new symbols/footprints to exisiting library

[ashok]

Hi All,

I always get an error says that “No write permission to my existing library” location. Im using KiCad 5.0.0 please help me

Thanks,
Ashok r

[John_Pateman]

You are trying to write your new library to wherever your OS chooses to store the stock libraries.

Kicad is warning you that you really don’t want to do this. You need to choose a location in your user space where you do have write permissions to save your own libraries.

If you actually stored your carefully crafted library together with the stock libraries, the next time you did an upgrade, all your libraries would be overwritten. The warning is to help stop you from making this error.

[SembazuruCDE]

Please see these two FAQ items for creating your own libraries:

Creating a new symbol library and a new symbol in KiCad 5

Disclaimer: Screenshots taken in a nightly from after the 5.0.x releases. (KiCad 5.0.x and 5.1.x will look very similar. KiCad version 4 had a very different symbol editor meaning this tutorial is not really suitable to teach symbol creation in KiCad version 4) Symbol libraries are always a pair of files. A .lib file that contains the symbol data and a .dcm file that holds documentation information for aliases. Any interface with kicad will only list the .lib file as it knows that it can reach…

Creating a new footprint library

Introduction Where should i place my new library? Further reading: https://forum.kicad.info/t/library-management-in-kicad-version-5-1-x/14636 This depends on your personal preference. KiCad does not care where you place your libs as long as your operating system allows you to write to the selected location. If the library will be used to store project specific footprints then it makes sense to place the library file somewhere under the project directory. All other libs are best collected into…

[ashok]

ok got it. Thanks John