ERROR: unknown command "kicad-parts-placer" ?

[MA812]

• kicad_parts_placer version: Last
• Python version: 3.8
• Operating System: Linux

Description

When I try to use this KiCad part placer, I got 'unknown error' but before, script say me 'installed'... I try both pip and pip3

What I Did

pip kicad-parts-placer --pcb example-placement.kicad_pcb --config centroid-all-pos.csv --out example-placement_placed.kicad_pcb -x 117.5 -y 53

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[snhobbs]

pip is an installer. Once the package is installed the tool should be available on your path. You can search for it by using the 'whereis' tool. Try 'whereis kicad_parts_placer'. Then try just dropping pip.

[MA812]

Hello, This works.

Now, I got an error pcbnew not found... aa@aaa:~/Téléchargements/kicad-parts-placer/example/example-placement$ sudo /home/aa/.local/bin/kicad_parts_placer --pcb example-placement.kicad_pcb --config centroid-all-pos.csv --out example-placement_placed.kicad_pcb -x 117.5 -y 53 /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/computation/expressions.py:20: UserWarning: Pandas requires version '2.7.3' or newer of 'numexpr' (version '2.7.1' currently installed). from pandas.core.computation.check import NUMEXPR_INSTALLED Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/aa/.local/bin/kicad_parts_placer", line 5, in <module> from kicad_parts_placer.cli import main File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/kicad_parts_placer/__init__.py", line 6, in <module> from .kicad_parts_placer import * File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/kicad_parts_placer/kicad_parts_placer.py", line 5, in <module> import pcbnew ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pcbnew'

So I did $ sudo apt install --install-recommends kicad And its ok.

I got new error (TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for |: 'type' and 'NoneType') aa@aaa:~/Téléchargements/kicad-parts-placer/example/example-placement$ /home/aa/.local/bin/kicad_parts_placer --pcb example-placement.kicad_pcb --config centroid-all-pos.csv --out example-placement_placed.kicad_pcb -x 117.5 -y 53 /home/aa/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/core/computation/expressions.py:20: UserWarning: Pandas requires version '2.7.3' or newer of 'numexpr' (version '2.7.1' currently installed). from pandas.core.computation.check import NUMEXPR_INSTALLED Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/aa/.local/bin/kicad_parts_placer", line 5, in <module> from kicad_parts_placer.cli import main File "/home/aa/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kicad_parts_placer/__init__.py", line 6, in <module> from .kicad_parts_placer import * File "/home/aa/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/kicad_parts_placer/kicad_parts_placer.py", line 115, in <module> group_name: str | None = None, TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for |: 'type' and 'NoneType' So, how can I fix it up ?

[snhobbs]

So the pcbnew.so library does need to be on your python path. The usual way of doing this is compiling from source and seeing the PYTHONPATH variable. Alternatively you can use the plug-in which can be downloaded and installed all within KICAD using the plug-in content manager (it's one of the icons in the project view). That works out of the box without any configuration.

[snhobbs]

Sorry I skimmed and missed that you got pcbnew installed. The syntax issue is due to typing syntax changes so you need python 3.10+