KiCad 4.0.7 does not have a release file error

Description

Getting the following error 'does not have a Release file' error while installing KiCad(build-error):

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a new terminal.
2. Run the following shell script:

        if [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == 20.* ]]; then
            sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 83FBAD2D910F124E
            sudo add-apt-repository --yes "deb [trusted=yes] http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-4/ubuntu bionic main"
            sudo touch /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences
            echo "Package: kicad" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences > /dev/null
            echo "Pin: version 4.0.7*" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences > /dev/null
            echo "Pin-Priority: 501" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/preferences > /dev/null
            sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
            sudo add-apt-repository --yes "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main universe"
        else
            sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-4
        fi
    else
        echo "KiCad-4 is available in synaptic"
    fi

3. The following error pops up:

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor

Version: (4.0.7), release build

Libraries:
	

Platform: Ubuntu Version 20.04, Ubuntu Version 22.04, 64-bit edition, 64 bit Little endian

This issue is missing the required full version information.

Please follow the required issue template when creating a new issue. You may re-open this issue after adding the required information. Please follow this link for more information: https://go.kicad.org/bugs.

If you have encountered a build error that prevents you from compiling KiCad please add the text build-error to the original issue report and re-open.

closed

added priorityundecided statusincomplete-report labels

reopened

This issue is missing the required full version information.

Please follow the required issue template when creating a new issue. You may re-open this issue after adding the required information. Please follow this link for more information: https://go.kicad.org/bugs.

If you have encountered a build error that prevents you from compiling KiCad please add the text build-error to the original issue report and re-open.

closed

changed the description

reopened

This issue is missing the required full version information.

Please follow the required issue template when creating a new issue. You may re-open this issue after adding the required information. Please follow this link for more information: https://go.kicad.org/bugs.

If you have encountered a build error that prevents you from compiling KiCad please add the text build-error to the original issue report and re-open.

closed

reopened

This issue is missing the required full version information.

Please follow the required issue template when creating a new issue. You may re-open this issue after adding the required information. Please follow this link for more information: https://go.kicad.org/bugs.

If you have encountered a build error that prevents you from compiling KiCad please add the text build-error to the original issue report and re-open.

closed

reopened

This issue is missing the required full version information.

Please follow the required issue template when creating a new issue. You may re-open this issue after adding the required information. Please follow this link for more information: https://go.kicad.org/bugs.

If you have encountered a build error that prevents you from compiling KiCad please add the text build-error to the original issue report and re-open.

closed

changed the description

reopened

added build-error label

KiCad v4.0.7 is very old https://www.kicad.org/download/ubuntu/

You could try going back in time to these releases https://launchpad.net/~kicad/+archive/ubuntu/kicad-5.1-releases

But if you're not in the v6 release set, you're unlikely to get much support.

@bevanweiss Yes truly KiCad 4.0.7 is very old. But we are from an Open Source Community(https://esim.fossee.in/home). We are using KiCad 4.0.7 as a frontend for the Open Source Tool. So we need it.

Why would you not use KiCad v6 as the frontend? If there is an undocumented regression that prevents you from using v6 then you should perhaps raise an issue on this regression. You could try the v5.1 release series also, they may not have the issue that you mention.

The ppa repo you've referenced "http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-4/ubuntu" is not an official KiCad release source, so I'm unsure what you'd expect the KiCad project to do in this situation.

We have been using KiCad for the eSim EDA tool for several years. During these years, we made a library of ~1000 schematics designed in KiCad's latest version (v4.0.7) at that time. So, to remain consistent and portable with our circuits library, we continued using KiCad 4 based on this old version.

We take this opportunity to request your suggestions on feasible ways to port these circuit schematics to KiCad 5 or 6.

KiCad V6 itself can open schematics made in KiCad V4.

We do not support 4.0.7, nor do we control or operate that PPA.

If you need 4.0.7, you must build from source yourself (it is open source afterall) and create your own PPA to distribute it.

closed

added statusas-designed label and removed statusincomplete-report label