How To Install freecad-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freecad-common on Kali Linux.

What is freecad-common

freecad-common is:

FreeCAD is an Open Source CAx RAD based on OpenCasCade, Qt and Python. It features some key concepts like macro recording, workbenches, ability to run as a server and dynamically loadable application extensions and it is designed to be platform independent.

Currently, FreeCAD can import and display CAD models in IGES, STEP, and BRep formats and meshes in STL, BMS, AST and Wavefront OBJ formats. Editing and modeling features are currently somewhat limited.

This package contains FreeCAD common files and resources.

There are three methods to install freecad-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install freecad-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 freecad-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freecad-common

Install freecad-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freecad-common

Install freecad-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install freecad-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freecad-common

How To Uninstall freecad-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the freecad-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove freecad-common

Uninstall freecad-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freecad-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freecad-common

Remove freecad-common Configurations and Data

To remove freecad-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freecad-common

Remove freecad-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freecad-common

Dependencies

freecad-common have the following dependencies:

References

• freecad-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freecad-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.