How To Install libgeda-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install libgeda-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libgeda-common is GPL EDA – Electronics design software (data files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-common on Debian 10.

What is libgeda-common

libgeda-common is:

The gEDA project has produced and continues working on a full GPL’d suite and toolkit of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. Currently, the gEDA project offers a mature suite of free software applications for electronics design, including schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM) generation, netlisting into over 20 netlist formats, analog and digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.

This package contains the shared scripts and data-files required by the libgeda library. It also contains MIME-type registrations and icons for the file formats supported by the gEDA suite.

There are three methods to install libgeda-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgeda-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 libgeda-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeda-common

Install libgeda-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgeda-common

Install libgeda-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgeda-common

How To Uninstall libgeda-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libgeda-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeda-common

Uninstall libgeda-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeda-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeda-common

Remove libgeda-common Configurations and Data

To remove libgeda-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeda-common

Remove libgeda-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeda-common

Dependencies

libgeda-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.