How To Install fritzing on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing on Debian 11.
What is fritzing
fritzing is:
Fritzing is an open source project designed to help one transition from a prototype to a finished project. Aimed at users who want to produce or document circuits and experiments, one starts by building a physical prototype, then recreating it with Fritzing??s graphical editor. From there one can generate a schematic, PCB artwork, and PCB production files.
There are three methods to install fritzing on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fritzing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fritzing
Install fritzing Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fritzing
Install fritzing 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 fritzing using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fritzing
How To Uninstall fritzing on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fritzing package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fritzing
Uninstall fritzing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fritzing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fritzing
Remove fritzing Configurations and Data
To remove fritzing configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fritzing
Remove fritzing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fritzing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fritzing
Dependencies
fritzing have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgit2-1.1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5serialport5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5svg5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
