How To Install freecad-runtime on Debian 10

Learn how to install freecad-runtime on Debian 10 with this tutorial. freecad-runtime is Extensible Open Source CAx program - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freecad-runtime on Debian 10.

What is freecad-runtime

freecad-runtime 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 Python 2/3 runtime files.

There are three methods to install freecad-runtime on Debian 10. 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-runtime 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-runtime using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install freecad-runtime

Install freecad-runtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freecad-runtime

Install freecad-runtime 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 freecad-runtime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freecad-runtime

How To Uninstall freecad-runtime on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove freecad-runtime

Uninstall freecad-runtime And Its Dependencies

To uninstall freecad-runtime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freecad-runtime

Remove freecad-runtime Configurations and Data

To remove freecad-runtime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge freecad-runtime

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

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

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

Dependencies

freecad-runtime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freecad-runtime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.