KiCad doesn't start

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KiCad doesn’t opens anymore.
This is what I get in konsole:

:~> kicad
kicad: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libkigal.so.8.0.9: undefined symbol: _ZNK13wxGLCanvasX1115IsShownOnScreenEv, version WXU_3.2

Something similar happens trying to open Eeschema, a “subprogram” of KiCad suite:

14:01:01: Failed to load shared library '/usr/bin/_eeschema.kiface': /lib64/libkigal.so.8.0.9: undefined symbol: _ZNK13wxGLCanvasX1115IsShownOnScreenEv, version WXU_3.2
14:01:01: Fallito il caricamento della libreria kiface '/usr/bin/_eeschema.kiface'.
14:01:01: Errore nel caricare l'editor.

Both error messages seems having in common “libkigal.so.8.0.9”.
Till few days ago all worked normally.

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Confirmed, report a bug at bugzilla.opensuse.org

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Done: 1239101 – KiCad doesn’t opens

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I have the same issue.

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One more problem KiCad related: Update error due to KiCad 9

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Then follow what happens to the bug report linked to above. Maybe even add information to it when you have that (but telling there that you have the same is not “more information”).

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Waiting for resolving the bug I need KiCad working then I’m using KiCad version 9 that’s available in Linux Mint. But project saved in version 9 isn’t compatible with version 8 then when version 8 will works again it risk to be useless.
I think I’m not alone, many users that use KiCad regularly will be forced to change distribution or operating system and switch to version 9.
May be it’s better using human resources to make version 9 available instead version 8 working again.
What do you thnk?

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It does not matter what we think. We are not responsible for allocation of human resources in the openSUSE.

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FlatPak

FlatPak is a software distribution system that allows us to provide up-to-date versions of KiCad on many Linux distributions. FlatPak is officially supported by KiCad and is our recommended way to install the latest version of KiCad on any distribution other than Ubuntu and Fedora, if it is not available through your distribution’s package manager.

Stable Release org.kicad

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Or install from the terminal:

flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.kicad.KiCad.flatpakref

Or use community repos.

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This is a good alternative.
Anyway now is possible update KiCad to version 9 (9.0.0-1.1)