Installing kikit using pipx (Linux)

[fiechr]

I was trying to install kikit using pipx, which basically creates a venv, installs the app and all deps into it and then creates a link in a directory in the user's $PATH.

But now I get the message, that no backend was found when opening the PCB editor in KiCad.

I wonder if there's a simple/easy way of getting this to work? Or are there some limitations to this installation method that wouldn't make sense to use it this way?

$ kikit --version
kikit, version 1.0.5
$ which kikit
/home/cf/.local/bin/kikit
$ pipx list
venvs are in /home/cf/.local/pipx/venvs
apps are exposed on your $PATH at /home/cf/.local/bin
   package esptool 4.1, installed using Python 3.10.4
    - espefuse.py
    - espsecure.py
    - esptool.py
   package kikit 1.0.5, installed using Python 3.10.4
    - kikit
    - kikit-info
    - kikit-plugin

[yaqwsx]

When you install KiKit in venv, KiCAD can't see it. At the moment, I don't know if there is a way to tell KiCAD to load python modules from venv.

[fiechr]

Thank you for your reply!

I've removed it from pipx and installed it again with pip install into my home dir.

It also didn't seemed to be recognized when installed using pacman (Manjaro/Arch). Maybe the version in the Arch repos is too old.