How To Install kicad-demos on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-demos on Debian 12.
What is kicad-demos
kicad-demos is:
The KiCad projects within this package are various typical small use cases which can be used for study or also for build own projects on top of these existing projects.
The projects included are on one side easy and simple projects with classical through hole mounted components with one or two layers but also rather more complex projects based on surface mounted devices (SMD) with multiple layers.
There are three methods to install kicad-demos on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kicad-demos Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-demos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kicad-demos
Install kicad-demos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-demos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kicad-demos
Install kicad-demos 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 kicad-demos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kicad-demos
How To Uninstall kicad-demos on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kicad-demos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kicad-demos
Uninstall kicad-demos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kicad-demos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-demos
Remove kicad-demos Configurations and Data
To remove kicad-demos configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-demos
Remove kicad-demos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kicad-demos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-demos
Dependencies
kicad-demos have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-demos package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
