Public bug reported: I installed kicad and the documentation and started it, then I selected Help->Getting Started in KiCad and was greeted with a dialog box:
Help file Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf could not be found OK, so then Help->Contents. That starts gimp. What the ???. So I get Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf from the project website and start with the tutorial. First problems when editing the schematic: By default, labels are displayed in black on black Once you get to the "Run CvPcb" part, you get the expected FIle not found dialog, and then another dialog with Some files could not be found! sockets.mod connect.mod discret.mod pin_array.mod divers.mod smd_capacitors.mod smd_resistors.mod smd_crystal&oscillator.mod smd_dil.mod smd_transistors.mod libcms.mod display.mod led.mod dip_sockets.mod pga_sockets.mod valves.mod and if you then try to follow along with the tutorial, you can select exactly zero possible footprints for all the components. That is https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736180 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: kicad 0.20131208+bzr4024-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu May 1 21:26:33 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-14 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) SourcePackage: kicad UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: kicad (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315149 Title: kicad is mostly unusable out of the box, help doesn't work, footprints are missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kicad/+bug/1315149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
