kicad-library-install

Install/register a KiCad symbol or footprint library, or hand-generate .kicad_sch / .kicad_mod / .kicad_sym files, without silently corrupting the user's setup. Read BEFORE editing fp-lib-table or sym-lib-table, before writing a schematic programmatically, before repointing a footprint at a new 3D model, and before shipping generated KiCad files to a desktop. Covers the five failure modes that produce no useful error message - KiCad rewriting the lib tables on exit, a UTF-8 BOM disabling every library, lib_symbols sub-unit naming, a 3D model whose Z datum sinks the part into the board, and footprint name/filename mismatch - plus the headless kicad-cli verification loop that catches them. Triggers - install kicad library, register footprint library, fp-lib-table, sym-lib-table, add library to kicad, footprint not found, Cannot add U1, Failed to load schematic, library table UNINITIALIZED, 3d model inside the board, model sunk into pcb, step z offset, generate kicad_sch, write kicad_mod, kicad-cli verify.