How To Install freecad on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is freecad

freecad 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 is a metapackage of FreeCAD component packages.

There are three methods to install freecad 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freecad

Install freecad Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freecad

Install freecad 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freecad

How To Uninstall freecad on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freecad

Uninstall freecad And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freecad

Remove freecad Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freecad

Remove freecad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freecad

Dependencies

freecad have the following dependencies:

• freecad-python3

References

• freecad website

Summary

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