Safe to use electronics repo to install KiCad 5?

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#1

Hi,

is it safe, to use https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/electronics to install KiCad 5 in Leap 15?
Will KiCad 5 make it to the official repo any time soon?

Thanks.

#2

yes it is safe that is an official community repository
the LEAP 15.0 packages are finalized so only KiCad 4 will be shipped in the main repo it has to do with the way LEAP packages are maintained during 15.0’s lifetime
you can get 5 from the electronics repo just do

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/electronics.repo
zypper in kicad-5.0.0

afaik only web browsers get upgraded in the main repo all other packages only get security stability and bug fixes no upgrades

#3

Don’t forget to give the repository a name when you add it

TSU

#4

not needed when you use a repo file not a repo url

zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/electronics.repo

if you check
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/electronics.repo
you can see it has a repo name already

[electronics]
name=Electronics stuff and development (openSUSE_Leap_15.0)
type=rpm-md
baseurl=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/electronics/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/repodata/repomd.xml.key
enabled=1

#5

Thanks all.

I noticed that with the name as well after installing. I changed it to “electronics” because *Electronics stuff and development (openSUSE_Leap_15.0)" seemed a bit too long for me :wink:

#6

That’s not the name, it’s the alias. Use


zypper ar -f -n NAME REPOURL ALIAS