How To Install geda-gschem on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-gschem
on Debian 9.
What is geda-gschem
geda-gschem 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 gschem, the schematic editor.
There are three methods to install geda-gschem
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-gschem 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-gschem
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install geda-gschem
Install geda-gschem Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install geda-gschem
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install geda-gschem
Install geda-gschem 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-gschem
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install geda-gschem
How To Uninstall geda-gschem on Debian 9
To uninstall only the geda-gschem
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove geda-gschem
Uninstall geda-gschem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall geda-gschem
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove geda-gschem
Remove geda-gschem Configurations and Data
To remove geda-gschem
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge geda-gschem
Remove geda-gschem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove geda-gschem
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geda-gschem
Dependencies
geda-gschem have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install geda-gschem
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.