KiKit (and other plugins) failing to load on Kicad 8.0.0/8.0.1, Debian/Ubuntu
pcbnew module not found kinda error when you try kikit --help in commandline.
the pcbnew.py file is misplaced., so is its corresponding compiled file.
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sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pcbnew.py /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/
sudo cp /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pcbnew.so /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/
also, you might need to yeet the old pcbnewTransition.py files.
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rm -vr .local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pcbnewTransition*
now import pcbnew will fail cuz missing pcbnewTransition, but you can do
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python3 -m pip install kikit
and that will reinstall the deleted file lol.
also, cheat: reinstalling kikit from repo is as simple as make install, it appears.
TODO: socially acceptable ways to rant about problems with open-source software bs