How To Install libgeda-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-dev on Debian 9.
What is libgeda-dev
libgeda-dev 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 header files and static libraries which are needed for developing applications linked to the libgeda library.
There are three methods to install libgeda-dev 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 libgeda-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeda-dev
Install libgeda-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeda-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeda-dev
Install libgeda-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeda-dev
How To Uninstall libgeda-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgeda-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeda-dev
Uninstall libgeda-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeda-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeda-dev
Remove libgeda-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeda-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeda-dev
Remove libgeda-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeda-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeda-dev
Dependencies
libgeda-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeda-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
