How To Install pcb-rnd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-rnd
on Debian 9.
What is pcb-rnd
pcb-rnd is:
pcb-rnd is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system. pcb-rnd 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.
There are three methods to install pcb-rnd
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-rnd 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-rnd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcb-rnd
Install pcb-rnd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb-rnd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcb-rnd
Install pcb-rnd 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-rnd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcb-rnd
How To Uninstall pcb-rnd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pcb-rnd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcb-rnd
Uninstall pcb-rnd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcb-rnd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcb-rnd
Remove pcb-rnd Configurations and Data
To remove pcb-rnd
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcb-rnd
Remove pcb-rnd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcb-rnd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcb-rnd
Dependencies
pcb-rnd have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdbus-1-3
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgd3
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libstroke0
- geda-gnetlist
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-rnd
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.