Torsten Curdt

Is there a way to specify auto download only for certain series?

I also don't see why this would need a major release if it only adds exports. Is there something we are missing? 🤔

True. I would be nice if would the installation automatically. I just looked at the code but this does not really make any sense to me (yet). ``` def get_local_java_executable_path(os_name):...

AFAIK an interactive shell process and an application process might not have the same PATH setup. I think applications are really started through launchd and that's why they don't have...

I guess the question is whether this should just be added to the docs or whether this should be fixed in code.

Yes, bottom line: there just isn't a fix location. There are a couple of common locations to check. And installing via `homebrew` is very common - but the location differs...

I didn't have to time to run it yet - but I can tell you already that it ain't working like that: ``` $ echo $JAVA_HOME /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk $ /usr/libexec/java_home The...

While the script looks better - none of that would have helped me and I would have opened the issue anyway. `$JAVA_HOME` is unlikely to report something and `/usr/libexec/java_home` seems...

I fear it's the "fun" of cross-platform :) Folder access could be restricted if KiCad runs in a sandboxed environment (which I don't think it is - because then file...

@andrasfuchs any further thoughts on the issue?