How To Install fritzing-parts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing-parts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fritzing-parts
fritzing-parts 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.
This package contains the architecture independent parts files for Fritzing.
There are three methods to install fritzing-parts on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-parts 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-parts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fritzing-parts
Install fritzing-parts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing-parts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fritzing-parts
Install fritzing-parts 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing-parts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fritzing-parts
How To Uninstall fritzing-parts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fritzing-parts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fritzing-parts
Uninstall fritzing-parts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fritzing-parts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fritzing-parts
Remove fritzing-parts Configurations and Data
To remove fritzing-parts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fritzing-parts
Remove fritzing-parts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fritzing-parts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fritzing-parts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing-parts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
