kikit not found after installation on Linux mint

nopeppermint commented 11 months ago

Prerequisites

[X] I have read FAQ
[X] I use KiKit at least version 1.4.0 (older version are not supported)

KiKit version

kikit, version 1.4.0

KiCAD version

Application: KiCad x86_64 on x86_64 Version: 7.0.9-rc2-202311021534~e775a7581a~ubuntu22.04.1, release build Libraries: wxWidgets 3.2.1 FreeType 2.11.1 HarfBuzz 6.0.0 FontConfig 2.13.1 libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.16 Platform: Linux Mint 21.2, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, cinnamon, x11 Build Info: Date: Nov 2 2023 15:34:22 wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24 Boost: 1.74.0 OCC: 7.5.2 Curl: 7.88.1 ngspice: 38 Compiler: GCC 11.4.0 with C++ ABI 1016 Build settings: KICAD_SPICE=ON

Operating system

Linux Mint

Description

After installation of kikit, kikit is not usable in the command line on linux, additional steps are needed to get it working in the command line

Steps to Reproduce

Install Kicad 7.0.9 from the ubuntu ppa "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad/kicad-7.0-releases" on Linux Mint 21.2

Install Kikit via PCM

Install Kikit backend via "pip3 install kikit"

try to run kikit in the terminal

I always got the error:

Der Befehl 'kikit' wurde nicht gefunden, meinten Sie:
  Befehl 'kinit' aus dem deb krb5-user (1.19.2-2ubuntu0.2)
  Befehl 'kinit' aus dem deb heimdal-clients (7.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1)
Versuche: sudo apt install <deb name>

I found others reporting the same issue https://forum.kicad.info/t/solved-help-with-installing-kikit-on-linux/34092/2

The solution is:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35898734/pip-installs-packages-successfully-but-executables-not-found-from-command-line/59436732#59436732

more precise:

in case of python 3.11:

python3.11 -m site &> /dev/null && PATH="$PATH:`python3.11 -m site --user-base`/bin"

in case of another python 3 version, adapt the version in the string

yaqwsx commented 11 months ago

This doesn't seem like KiKit issue; it is just that your OS packages don't add Python packages into PATH.

nopeppermint commented 11 months ago

fair enough

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