Orthogonal dragging - :-+ :-+
Linux version does not seem to be fully released yet. PPA still says that it is not ready.
For instance Fedora 37 (that I use) will not update to KiCAD 7 in their repositories. Next version of Fedora will get KiCAD 7. But you can install it as a flatpak in any version.It is not going to get into the official release for ages, but that PPA repo is maintained by the KiCAD team and for 6.x branch it was updating instantly on each minor release. Not sure why 7.0 PPA did not update and official instruction to install "7.0" on Ubuntu lead to instructions that install 6.x.
It is not going to get into the official release for ages, but that PPA repo is maintained by the KiCAD team and for 6.x branch it was updating instantly on each minor release. Not sure why 7.0 PPA did not update and official instruction to install "7.0" on Ubuntu lead to instructions that install 6.x.
This is my first time upgrading Kicad to a newer version. Should I just install it and the folders will "figure it out", or shoud I backup the progect and library folder, and then paste them on the new folder created with the new intstall?
I surely will. Thank youThis is my first time upgrading Kicad to a newer version. Should I just install it and the folders will "figure it out", or shoud I backup the progect and library folder, and then paste them on the new folder created with the new intstall?
It's not a bad idea to backup your projects and name them
Linux version does not seem to be fully released yet. PPA still says that it is not ready.
ppa:kicad/kicad-6.0-releasesppa:kicad/kicad-7.0-releasesThe upgrade became available on PPA just with the last couple of hours. I expect that someone will get around to fixing the installation instructions before too long. ;DYeah, I've seen that the files were added to the PPA. Will try it a bit later.
in Linux Mint menu items have disappearedyea caught me out in ubuntu.However whatever i try i cant seem to get the bugger to appear on the menu or even a desktop launcher,but it works fine from the terminal.
yea caught me out in ubuntu.However whatever i try i cant seem to get the bugger to appear on the menu or even a desktop launcher,but it works fine from the terminal.I manually extracted *.desktop files from the deb file and it works. The files on disk were empty. Not sure what is going on, but I'm sure it is not intentional and would be fixed in future releases.
Quotein Linux Mint menu items have disappearedyea caught me out in ubuntu.However whatever i try i cant seem to get the bugger to appear on the menu or even a desktop launcher,but it works fine from the terminal.
One question though- can someone point me to the most recent, best practices for library management?
V7.0.0 on Win10 ,8GB machine, schematics randomly locks up, pcb works fine.
V7.0.0 on Win10 ,8GB machine, schematics randomly locks up, pcb works fine.
V7.0.0 on Win10 ,8GB machine, schematics randomly locks up, pcb works fine.
Ouch.
Apparently many Linux distros haven't released v7 yet, even those like Arch that tend to release KiCad packages as soon as new versions are tagged and often even before they get announced, so the testing phase doesn't seem to be going that well.
V7.0.0 on Win10 ,8GB machine, schematics randomly locks up, pcb works fine.
V7.0.0 on Win10 ,8GB machine, schematics randomly locks up, pcb works fine.
Ouch.
Apparently many Linux distros haven't released v7 yet, even those like Arch that tend to release KiCad packages as soon as new versions are tagged and often even before they get announced, so the testing phase doesn't seem to be going that well.
The Arch maintainer has become unreachable :shrug:
But with orthogonal drug I think I can overcome my disgust. Wish me luck)
To me, it looks like it's a bit too early to adopt v7 in any professional setting.
and down sheet levels.
Also, they have apparently removed the setting in preferences to show or not show menu item icons. On my Windows build, icons do appear, but I did build it on Arch Linux (which doesn't have an official package yet), and menu icons do not appear (while they did in v6), and I haven't figured out why exactly yet.
Installed onto Linuxmint 21.1 and when I open kicad and open project and choose 'other location' it is not showing the other drives on my PC only shows my linux drive. expecting it to also show me my C: and D: windows drives.
If I open Cura and open files and choose 'other locations' i can see my windows drives also.
I have my Kicad Project save to my D: drive
Thanks for info, issue is with flatpack.
having both coexist is usually a bit trickier on Linux.