How To Install pcb-lesstif on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-lesstif on Debian 9. pcb-lesstif is printed circuit board (pcb) design program - LessTif interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-lesstif on Debian 9.

What is pcb-lesstif

pcb-lesstif is:

PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system. PCB includes a rats nest feature, design rule checking, and can provide industry standard RS-274-X (Gerber), NC drill, and centroid data (X-Y data) output for use in the board fabrication and assembly process. PCB offers high end features such as an autorouter and trace optimizer which can tremendously reduce layout time.

This package contains the LessTif user-interface for pcb.

There are three methods to install pcb-lesstif 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 pcb-lesstif Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pcb-lesstif using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcb-lesstif

Install pcb-lesstif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcb-lesstif

Install pcb-lesstif 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 pcb-lesstif using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcb-lesstif

How To Uninstall pcb-lesstif on Debian 9

To uninstall only the pcb-lesstif package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pcb-lesstif

Uninstall pcb-lesstif And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pcb-lesstif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcb-lesstif

Remove pcb-lesstif Configurations and Data

To remove pcb-lesstif configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcb-lesstif

Remove pcb-lesstif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcb-lesstif

Dependencies

pcb-lesstif have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-lesstif package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.