How To Install geda-xgsch2pcb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-xgsch2pcb
on Debian 9.
What is geda-xgsch2pcb
geda-xgsch2pcb is:
xgsch2pcb
provides an intuitive, user-friendly graphical interface to thegsch2pcb
command-line tool, part of the gEDA suite, which is used to generate and update a PCB layout. It works with schematics created bygschem
, part of the gEDA suite, and layouts created bypcb
, a PCB layout system commonly used with gEDA.
There are three methods to install geda-xgsch2pcb
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geda-xgsch2pcb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-xgsch2pcb
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geda-xgsch2pcb
Install geda-xgsch2pcb Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-xgsch2pcb
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geda-xgsch2pcb
Install geda-xgsch2pcb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-xgsch2pcb
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geda-xgsch2pcb
How To Uninstall geda-xgsch2pcb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the geda-xgsch2pcb
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geda-xgsch2pcb
Uninstall geda-xgsch2pcb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geda-xgsch2pcb
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geda-xgsch2pcb
Remove geda-xgsch2pcb Configurations and Data
To remove geda-xgsch2pcb
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geda-xgsch2pcb
Remove geda-xgsch2pcb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geda-xgsch2pcb
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geda-xgsch2pcb
Dependencies
geda-xgsch2pcb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-xgsch2pcb
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.