How To Install libgeda-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
