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Upgrading KiKit and installing special versions

Upgrading KiKit

If you want to upgrade KiKit, you have to perform two steps:

  • you upgrade the backend by running pip install -U kikit in the command line (depending on the platform, see the installation instructions for individual platform).
  • then you can upgrade the PCM packages within KiCAD. Note that this step is often not needed. If it will be needed, the release notes will say so.

Installing a special version of KiKit

If you would like to install a specific version of KiKit (e.g., the upstream version), you can install it directly from git. The command for that is:

# The master branch (also called the upstream version) - the most up-to-date KiKit there is (but might me unstable)
pip install https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/archive/master.zip
# A concrete branch, e.g., from a pull request
pip3 install https://github.com/yaqwsx/KiKit/archive/someBranchName.zip