How To Install kicad-libraries on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-libraries on Kali Linux. kicad-libraries is Virtual package providing common used libraries by kicad

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-libraries on Kali Linux.

What is kicad-libraries

kicad-libraries is:

This package contains dependencies on the component libraries (schematics and footprints), and also on the templates that are used in KiCad.

If you prefer to control the installation of the dependent packages

  • kicad-footprint
  • kicad-symbols
  • kicad-templates you should not install kicad-libraries and install one or more of the above packages.

Note! 3D model libraries are not set as a dependency due the installation size of this package, if you want to use the 3D models you need to install kicad-packages3d separately.

There are three methods to install kicad-libraries on Kali Linux. 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-libraries 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-libraries using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kicad-libraries

Install kicad-libraries Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kicad-libraries using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kicad-libraries

Install kicad-libraries Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install kicad-libraries using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kicad-libraries

How To Uninstall kicad-libraries on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kicad-libraries package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kicad-libraries

Uninstall kicad-libraries And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kicad-libraries and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-libraries

Remove kicad-libraries Configurations and Data

To remove kicad-libraries configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-libraries

Remove kicad-libraries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kicad-libraries configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-libraries

Dependencies

kicad-libraries have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-libraries package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.