Here is a link to the bug report I filed on kicad's gitlab: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11348 Basically, all the default libraries are installed to /usr/share/kicad like they're supposed to, but none of the default libraries are imported. I still have to manually import them all. Also, When I go to import them, it defaults to looking in $HOME/.local/share/kicad/6.0/symbols. There is more information in the bug report on their gitlab. I was told to report this here. KiCad Version: Application: KiCad Version: 6.0.4, release build Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.4 libcurl/7.79.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1n zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.45.1 Platform: Linux 5.15.16-gentoo-x86_64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, i3, x11 Build Info: Date: Apr 6 2022 15:03:20 wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24 Boost: 1.78.0 OCC: 7.6.1 Curl: 7.79.1 ngspice: 36 Compiler: GCC 11.2.1 with C++ ABI 1016 Build settings: KICAD_USE_OCC=ON KICAD_SPICE=ON
When starting KiCad 6.X series for the fist time it will ask whether you want to use the default table, create a new one, or import old tables for your symbols and footprints. Later invocations of KiCad just load the proper symbol/footprint tables. Could you try starting KiCad without a configuration (e.g. backup/move your current ~/.config/kicad directory and see if it still does not work?
Sorry for leaving this for so long. I recently had to reinstall gentoo and as a result I reinstalled KiCad and I didn't have this issue.
(In reply to Penguin from comment #2) > Sorry for leaving this for so long. I recently had to reinstall gentoo and > as a result I reinstalled KiCad and I didn't have this issue. No worries, thanks for the update.
