How To Install gerbv on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gerbv
on Kali Linux.
What is gerbv
gerbv is:
gerbv is a utility for viewing Gerber RS-274X files, Excellon drill files, and CSV files for pick-and-place files. Gerber files are used for communicating printed circuit board (PCB) designs to PCB manufacturers.
There are three methods to install gerbv
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 gerbv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gerbv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gerbv
Install gerbv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gerbv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gerbv
Install gerbv 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install gerbv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gerbv
How To Uninstall gerbv on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gerbv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gerbv
Uninstall gerbv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gerbv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gerbv
Remove gerbv Configurations and Data
To remove gerbv
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gerbv
Remove gerbv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gerbv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gerbv
Dependencies
gerbv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gerbv
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.