How To Install fritzing on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing on Kali Linux.
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 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 fritzing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fritzing using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fritzingInstall fritzing Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fritzing using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fritzingInstall fritzing 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fritzing using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fritzingHow To Uninstall fritzing on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fritzing package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fritzingUninstall fritzing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fritzing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fritzingRemove fritzing Configurations and Data
To remove fritzing configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fritzingRemove 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 fritzingDependencies
fritzing have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgit2-1.1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5serialport5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5svg5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.