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FS#61118 - [kicad] symbol libraries and help files not working

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Werner Simbuerger (simbuerw) - Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 05:41 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Wednesday, 09 January 2019, 15:23 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

After fresh installation of KiCad 5.0.1-1 from the repository including kicad-library and kicad-library-3d,
the symbol libraries and help files are not working.


Additional info:
* package version(s) 5.0.1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

fresh install from repository
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Wednesday, 09 January 2019, 15:23 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  OP used Antergos???

Doesn't matter, OP cannot reproduce either.
Comment by mpan (mpan) - Monday, 07 January 2019, 10:24 GMT
After backing up your configuration files: remove “~/.config/kicad” and “~/.cache/kicad”, and try again. Do the issue persist?
Comment by Werner Simbuerger (simbuerw) - Monday, 07 January 2019, 22:50 GMT
I did

1) de-install KiCad including libraries
2) remove “~/.config/kicad”
... the folder “~/.cache/kicad” did not exist in my case
3) install KiCad again, including all libraries from Antergos repository (not AUR)

and I can not reproduce the issue again. The libs are available now.
Therefore, the case can be closed. Thanks, Werner.
Comment by Werner Simbuerger (simbuerw) - Monday, 07 January 2019, 22:53 GMT
But: help files not available (pls. see screenshot)
   Screenshot from 2019-01-07 23... (9.4 KiB)
Comment by mpan (mpan) - Wednesday, 09 January 2019, 15:14 GMT
Help files are not included in what upstream provides as the default build target. I guess that Kyle Keen, the maintainer of the “kicad” package, could include it¹ in the build: it just needs to be in “/usr/share/kicad/”. But there is a catch: this is a massive, 300MB package. A fourfold increase in size just to have offline documentation in times, when most people search for it online anyway². You may try to poke the maintainer, but I guess you see why he may refuse. He could also make a separate package, “kicad-help” — the question is if he’s having enough time and will to handle yet another package.
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¹ http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/docs/kicad-doc-5.0.2.tar.gz
² http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/stable/en/getting_started_in_kicad.html

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