Kicad missing symbols and footprints

Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[phodina via]

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Hi,

does somebody use Kicad on Guix? If so how do you load the symbols and footprints.

The point still to /gnu/store/<HASH>-kicad-7.0.8 but they are in kicad-symbols and kicad-footprints packages.

I've changed the paths appropriately as well as cloned the repo to home dir but I always get just an empty list.

```
$ guix show kicad
name: kicad
version: 7.0.8
outputs:
+ out: everything
systems: x86_64-linux
dependencies: bash-minimal@5.1.16 boost@1.80.0 cairo@1.16.0
+ curl@7.85.0 desktop-file-utils@0.26 gdk-pixbuf@2.42.8
+ gettext-minimal@0.21 glew@2.2.0 glm@0.9.9.8 gtk+@3.24.37
+ hicolor-icon-theme@0.17 libngspice@41 libsm@1.2.3 mesa@23.1.4
+ opencascade-occt@7.6.2 openssl@3.0.8 pkg-config@0.29.2
+ python-wrapper@3.10.7 python-wxpython@4.2.0 swig@4.0.2+ unixodbc@2.3.9 wxwidgets@3.2.2.1 zlib@1.2.13
```
Petr

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Re: Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[Guillaume Le Vaillant]

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phodina via <help-guix@gnu.org> skribis:

> Hi,
>
> does somebody use Kicad on Guix? If so how do you load the symbols and footprints.
>
> The point still to /gnu/store/<HASH>-kicad-7.0.8 but they are in kicad-symbols and kicad-footprints packages.
>
> I've changed the paths appropriately as well as cloned the repo to home dir but I always get just an empty list.
>
> ```
> $ guix show kicad
> name: kicad
> version: 7.0.8
> outputs:
> + out: everything
> systems: x86_64-linux
> dependencies: bash-minimal@5.1.16 boost@1.80.0 cairo@1.16.0
> + curl@7.85.0 desktop-file-utils@0.26 gdk-pixbuf@2.42.8
> + gettext-minimal@0.21 glew@2.2.0 glm@0.9.9.8 gtk+@3.24.37
> + hicolor-icon-theme@0.17 libngspice@41 libsm@1.2.3 mesa@23.1.4
> + opencascade-occt@7.6.2 openssl@3.0.8 pkg-config@0.29.2
> + python-wrapper@3.10.7 python-wxpython@4.2.0 swig@4.0.2+ unixodbc@2.3.9 wxwidgets@3.2.2.1 zlib@1.2.13
> ```
> Petr

Hi.
If you install the kicad-symbols and kicad-footprints packages, kicad
should be able to find them using the KICAD7_*_DIR environment
variables.

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Re: Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[Peter Polidoro]

Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> writes:

> Hi.
> If you install the kicad-symbols and kicad-footprints packages, 
> kicad
> should be able to find them using the KICAD7_*_DIR environment
> variables.

For example, on the command line run:

guix shell kicad kicad-footprints kicad-symbols -- kicad

This puts links to the footprints and symbols into the shell 
profile and updates the kicad paths automatically. You do not need 
to change the paths manually or clone anything into your home 
directory.

Re: Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[phodina]

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Hi Peter and Guillaume,

thanks for the help.

I've tried to use the Guix shell to have a complete environment for Kicad but for some reason it does not work (at least for me)

So here are the steps to reproduce:

$ guix shell kicad kicad-footprints kicad-symbols -- kicad

I start I new project and when I get the dialog about the components I wish to use in the project it all starts to go wrong.

The path to the symbols and footprints is also attached.

I've removed all files from `~/.config/kicad` and `~/.local/share/kicad`.

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Re: Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[Peter Polidoro]

phodina <phodina@protonmail.com> writes:

> [1. text/plain]
> Hi Peter and Guillaume,
>
> thanks for the help.
>
> I've tried to use the Guix shell to have a complete environment 
> for Kicad but for some reason it does not work (at least for me)
>
> So here are the steps to reproduce:
>
> $ guix shell kicad kicad-footprints kicad-symbols -- kicad
>
> I start I new project and when I get the dialog about the 
> components I wish to use in the project it all starts to go 
> wrong.

The KICAD7_FOOTPRINT_DIR path seems like it is referring to a 
different profile. Did you change that environment variable 
manually or did that happen automatically? Maybe try passing the 
--pure option to guix shell to clear the environment variable 
definitions found in the parent environment.

$ guix shell --pure kicad kicad-footprints kicad-symbols -- kicad

Re: Kicad missing symbols and footprints

[Peter Polidoro]

phodina <phodina@protonmail.com> writes:

> Hi Peter and Guillaume,
>
> thanks for the help.
>
> I've tried to use the Guix shell to have a complete environment 
> for Kicad but for some reason it does not work (at least for me)
>
> So here are the steps to reproduce:
>
> $ guix shell kicad kicad-footprints kicad-symbols -- kicad
>
> I start I new project and when I get the dialog about the 
> components I wish to use in the project it all starts to go 
> wrong.
>
> The path to the symbols and footprints is also attached.

I may be running into a similar problem.

I modified the kicad package to set the KICAD7_3RD_PARTY 
environment variable as a native search path.

The environment variable is set properly according to the env 
shell command, but kicad reports the path as a concatenation of 
the default value and the environment variable.

If there is not a problem with guix concatentating environment 
variables somehow, then I assume there may be a bug in the kicad 
source code regarding environment variables.

I reported the issue to the kicad developers, but have not heard 
any response yet.