How To Install kicad-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-common
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kicad-common
kicad-common is:
This package contains the component libararies (schematics and footprints), also the 3D modell libraries. Also this package contains the i18n language files for KiCad and common used scripts, templates, demos, Python scripting plugins and MIME links.
There are three methods to install kicad-common
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kicad-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kicad-common
Install kicad-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kicad-common
Install kicad-common 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kicad-common
How To Uninstall kicad-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kicad-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kicad-common
Uninstall kicad-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kicad-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-common
Remove kicad-common Configurations and Data
To remove kicad-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-common
Remove kicad-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kicad-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-common
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.