@andare
Here's how you manage the footprint libraries.
From the main window, choose
Preferences>Manage Footprint Libraries...
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Choose the 'Global Libraries' tab and you should see something like this:
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Select the default libraries you want to remove (you can always add them back) and hit the trashcan.
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Then click on the down arrow next to the folder icon and choose
KiCad (folder with .kicad_mod files)
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Navigate to where you downloaded the MadBean libs and select them all. I put custom ones at
[USER]/documents/KiCad/6.0/footprints. It should have been created during the installation, but you can put them anywhere really. The default ones are located in
C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\share\kicad\footprints
I prefixed the MadBean folders with '_MB_' to differentiate them from the system ones.
Select them all and hit
'Select Folder'
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They should then be in the Global Libraries tab
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Hit
OK and that should do it!
I noticed that many of the naming conventions in their files is kind of wack, so you should rename them to something that makes sense to you and actually describes the file. If you open the files in a text editor, they should have a description field that gives you the info about the footprint.
Also, here's a link to some footprints I gathered and made that seem to work nice. It contains mainly the basics:
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