How To Install geda-gnetlist on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-gnetlist
on Debian 9.
What is geda-gnetlist
geda-gnetlist is:
The gEDA project has produced and continues working on a full GPL’d suite and toolkit of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. Currently, the gEDA project offers a mature suite of free software applications for electronics design, including schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM) generation, netlisting into over 20 netlist formats, analog and digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.
This package contains gnetlist, the netlist generator.
There are three methods to install geda-gnetlist
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install geda-gnetlist Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-gnetlist
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geda-gnetlist
Install geda-gnetlist Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-gnetlist
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geda-gnetlist
Install geda-gnetlist 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 geda-gnetlist
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geda-gnetlist
How To Uninstall geda-gnetlist on Debian 9
To uninstall only the geda-gnetlist
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geda-gnetlist
Uninstall geda-gnetlist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geda-gnetlist
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geda-gnetlist
Remove geda-gnetlist Configurations and Data
To remove geda-gnetlist
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geda-gnetlist
Remove geda-gnetlist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geda-gnetlist
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geda-gnetlist
Dependencies
geda-gnetlist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-gnetlist
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.