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sumar

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Registered: 2025-03-07

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kicad-nightly won't start

Recently I installed  "kicad-nightly 9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1" from AUR, after that, when I click on the app icon from the menu it won't start. the same issue occurs in kicad 9.0.0 .

The command that I used to install KiCad nightly: { $ yay -S kicad-nightly && yay -S --asdeps  kicad-library-nightly  kicad-library-3d-nighly }

the the terminal output:-  {

-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D7mm_W5.4mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D21.5mm_W5mm_P10mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D12mm_W6.2mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D12mm_W5mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D15.5mm_W4mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D21.5mm_W5.8mm_P10mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D21.5mm_W6.5mm_P10mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D15.5mm_W4.7mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D12mm_W4.7mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D15.5mm_W3.9mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D15.5mm_W5.9mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D7mm_W4.3mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D9mm_W5.4mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D15.5mm_W4.8mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D21.5mm_W8.4mm_P10mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D9mm_W3.7mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D9mm_W5.5mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D7mm_W5.5mm_P5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D12mm_W5.1mm_P7.5mm.step
-- Installing: /home/Sam/.cache/yay/kicad-library-nightly/pkg/kicad-library-3d-nightly/usr/share/kicad-nightly/3dmodels/Varistor.3dshapes/RV_Disc_D21.5mm_W7.5mm_P10mm.step
==> Tidying install...
  -> Removing libtool files...
  -> Purging unwanted files...
  -> Removing static library files...
  -> Copying source files needed for debug symbols...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "kicad-library-3d-nightly"...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
  -> Generating .MTREE file...
bsdtar: Failed to set default locale
  -> Compressing package...
bsdtar: Failed to set default locale
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: kicad-library-nightly 9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1 (Fri Mar  7 19:15:02 2025)
==> Cleaning up...
==> Making package: kicad-library-nightly 9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1 (Fri Mar  7 19:15:05 2025)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Updating kicad-symbols git repo...
  -> Updating kicad-footprints git repo...
  -> Updating kicad-packages3D git repo...
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    kicad-symbols ... Skipped
    kicad-footprints ... Skipped
    kicad-packages3D ... Skipped
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Creating working copy of kicad-symbols git repo...
Cloning into 'kicad-symbols'...
done.
Switched to a new branch 'makepkg'
  -> Creating working copy of kicad-footprints git repo...
Cloning into 'kicad-footprints'...
done.
Updating files: 100% (14292/14292), done.
Switched to a new branch 'makepkg'
  -> Creating working copy of kicad-packages3D git repo...
Cloning into 'kicad-packages3D'...
done.
Updating files: 100% (13728/13728), done.
Switched to a new branch 'makepkg'
==> Sources are ready.
-> kicad-library-nightly-9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1 already made -- skipping build
==> Making package: kicad-library-nightly 9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1 (Fri Mar  7 19:15:38 2025)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree
==> Sources are ready.
[sudo] password for Sam:
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (2) kicad-library-3d-nightly-9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1  kicad-library-nightly-9.99.0_376_g7558b49afd-1

Total Installed Size:  5165.69 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                 [########################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                                                                                                               [########################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                                                                                                                    [########################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                              [########################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking available disk space                                                                                                            [########################################################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/2) installing kicad-library-3d-nightly                                                                                                      [########################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) installing kicad-library-nightly                                                                                                         [########################################################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
[Sam@Lenovo-Sam ~]$                  }

Last edited by sumar (2025-03-07 18:39:12)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,164

Re: kicad-nightly won't start

terminal output?

sumar

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Registered: 2025-03-07

Posts: 3

Re: kicad-nightly won't start

OK, here is how I made my way to get around this.
1>  I uninstalled Kicad-nightly completely from the system and all of it's remaining .config files
2>  I installed the newest version of kicad 9.0 from the official repository. (note) when I click on the app icon from the menu; it still won't run, this issue firstly occured when I upgraded the system with "pacman -Syu" and it upgraded kicad 8.0 to kicad 9.0, that's how I started dealing with this issue.
3> I suspected the issue to be related with dependencies and libraries, specifically with `nng` library (Nanomsg Next Generation), which Kicad uses for networking functionality. Kicad 9.0 requires specific symbols from this library, including `nng_close`, which are used for various networking operation. So I installed the newest version of `nng` (nng-1.10.1-1) and removed the old one as follows.
[ $ sudo pacman -S nng
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nng-1.10.1-1 and nng-git-1.9.0.r557.gc366471-1 are in conflict. Remove nng-git? [y/N] y

Packages (2) nng-git-1.9.0.r557.gc366471-1 [removal]  nng-1.10.1-1

Total Installed Size:  0.71 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.08 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                                                              [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                                   [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                             [######################################################################################] 100%
(2/2) checking available disk space                                                                                                           [######################################################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) removing nng-git                                                                                                                        [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) installing nng                                                                                                                          [######################################################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...

4> after, I checked if the `nng_close` symbol is available in this new version:
] $ nm -D /usr/lib/libnng.so | grep nng_close
          00000000000141d0 T nng_close
          000000000000e8e0 T nng_closeall
5> reinstalling kicad since it will now be linked against this newer version  of nng :
] $ sudo pacman -Syy kicad
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                                                                                                             115.6 KiB  68.4 KiB/s 00:02 [######################################################################################] 100%
extra                                                                                                              7.7 MiB   402 KiB/s 00:20 [######################################################################################] 100%
multilib                                                                                                         131.1 KiB   257 KiB/s 00:01 [######################################################################################] 100%
warpdotdev                                                                                                       664.0   B   972   B/s 00:01 [######################################################################################] 100%
kicad-nightly                                                                                                    665.0   B   519   B/s 00:01 [######################################################################################] 100%
DEB_Arch_Extra                                                                                                    10.1 KiB  22.7 KiB/s 00:00 [######################################################################################] 100%
warning: kicad-9.0.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) kicad-9.0.0-2

Total Installed Size:  185.59 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                                                              [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                                   [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                             [######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                                                                           [######################################################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling kicad                                                                                                                      [######################################################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/4) Updating the MIME type database...
(3/4) Updating icon theme caches...
(4/4) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...

6> launch kicad:
] $ kicad

// and it worked for me //

the reasons I believe why this issue ocures is:
1> Package dependencies not being  properly  specified in arch package
2> Version mismatches between  repositories
3> The upgrade process being interrupted or only partially completed
4> The dependancies package from the official Arcjh repository or the AUR being installed that conflicted  with the required app version.

by the way I could not solve the problem with kicad-nightly, I just <<<UNinstalled>>> kicad-nightly and installed kicad 9.0 instead from the official Arch repository.

Please correct me if I'm wrong with anything.

Last edited by sumar (2025-03-07 21:42:47)

sumar

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Registered: 2025-03-07

Posts: 3

Re: kicad-nightly won't start

I have tried typing kicad-nightly on terminal and this is the output:

] $ kicad-nightly
/usr/lib/kicad-nightly/bin/kicad: error while loading shared libraries: libgit2.so.1.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,164

Re: kicad-nightly won't start

The binary repo is apparently not maintained anymore and you'd need to do an actual build to be compatible to the current libs... This is unlikely to be trivially solvable