How To Install kicad-demos on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-demos on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 kicad-demos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kicad-demos

How To Uninstall kicad-demos on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• kicad-demos website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-demos package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.