Kikit not installing correctly on Windows 10 KiCAD v6

[Eddy71]

For the second day I can't add KiKit to KiCAD. No errors during installation, but the plugin icon does not appear and I get an error message when starting the editor.
The command line method given in the installation manual doesn't work for me - Windows is swearing on missing PIP application (pip install kikit).

[yaqwsx]

Any change that you use regular Command prompt instead of the KiCAD Command Prompt?

[Eddy71]

I get the same error message.

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• KiCad 6.0.5 Command Prompt

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You may now invoke python or pip targeting kicad's install
The system cannot find the specified path.

C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0>pip install kikit
"pip" is not an internal or external
command, executable program or batch file.

[yaqwsx]

This should be reported as a bug in KiCAD - KiCAD Command Prompt should offer pip (as it claims in the introduction text).

[Eddy71]

Thank you for your reply. I will try to write to the authors

[azery90]

Hi, I had the same issue on Windows. I opened KiCad command prompt (not windows) then insert
pip install kikit
it worked. Thanks

[Eddy71]

I wrote a bug report to support - they sent Me back
:)
(https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/11578#note_938142785)

[Eddy71]

The problem with installing the plugin turned out to be the Avast antivirus program - it was deleting pyton and pip.
After banning the antivirus, the plugin was installed.