It just strikes me as absurd for blaming a user for the problems in software.Uh, so this is what you appear to be saying - if I know that a given program I am relying on doesn't autosave and I don't save as I am going along, it isn't my fault if it crashes and I lose my work. You don't see anything slightly absurd with that?
What ever happened to personal responsibility???
What ever happened to not putting works in other peoples' mouths?
Should I invent something for how I interpret your post and question that?OK, show me how I misinterpreted your comment. I'm willing to learn.
If your posts to the KiCad forum were all like the post above, I need not ask why you were threatened with a lifelong ban.
Well, let's think about it for a nanosecond...how's that their fault? Save your work frequently.
What part of Free don't you understand?
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lets be clear i want kicad to work and be replacement for all people that have no money to buy altium or similar. but with behavior surounding it i am afraid it will never happen.If your posts to the KiCad forum were all like the post above, I need not ask why you were threatened with a lifelong ban.
how is sincere feedback on bug report forums bad? should not they expect only negative feedback i n order to make it better, well i give only negative feedback on bug report forums (pun intended).
but i am dedicating my time each major release with trying to get it work and fail each time, hence implied that i am either stupid or something aint right, maybe both.
can you answer how to get it working on ubuntu 20.10? or am i not allowed to say it does not work?
both manualy added libraries downloaded from git and installed trough apt dont show up in schematic editor when pressing button to add part, i cant explain it any other way.
also there is no kicad folder in root/.config.
both manualy added libraries downloaded from git and installed trough apt dont show up in schematic editor when pressing button to add part, i cant explain it any other way.
also there is no kicad folder in root/.config.
Then you may need to configure the paths properly. Bear in mind they're not responsible for the mess your distro may make.
Also, why on earth are you running as root?
Here's how I deal(t) with it, both Eagle and KiCad.
I disabled the auto-save functionality.
I press ctl-s after making a (small) modification.
Every hour or so, depending on the kind of modification, I enter "git commit -a" and "git push" in the terminal.
I never forget it because I trained myself to do this and it became a habit and now I do it without thinking.
I never lost a (part of a) project.
You can create and setup free, private git repo's on Gitlab.
p.s. I have been using Alium Designer for a year (on windows) and it was much easier to end up with a broken,
non-functional schematic or pcb file.
Really, how hard is it to type Ctrl-S (or Cmd-S on a Mac) after making a change, even a minor one? I’ve been in the habit of “save often” since the days of DOS.
You are saying people are at fault for not hitting save, rather than accepting that the software is at fault for obliging the user to allow for its brokenness.
Running it as root using sudo also works fine (though I'd never actually use it like this).
Ofcourse, that doesn't mean that you are not allowed to criticize software.
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But yes, I do wonder why the heck is he trying to run this as root? I guess he likes playing with fire. Given this I come to think that his messed up config likely isn't a KiCAD issue ...
I don't quite remember how my first KiCAD install went, but I think you need to just add the libraries manually. I'm not sure if the Ubuntu install will do that automatically or not.
Adding the symbol libraries can be done in bulk, all of them at once. Same for the footprint libraries.
$ aptitude search kicad | grep -v doc
i kicad - Electronic schematic and PCB design software
p kicad-common - Old common files used by kicad - Transitional Package
i A kicad-demos - Demo projects for kicad
i A kicad-footprints - Footprint symbols for KiCad's Pcbnew
i A kicad-libraries - Virtual package providing common used libraries by kicad
p kicad-packages3d - 3D models for 3D viewer in KiCad's Pcbnew and Footprint Editor
i A kicad-symbols - Schematic symbols for KiCad's Eeschema
i A kicad-templates - Project templates for KiCad