How To Install kicad-footprints on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-footprints on Debian 12.
What is kicad-footprints
kicad-footprints is:
Pcbnew is a powerful printed circuit board software and part of the KiCad suite. Pcbnew manages libraries of footprints for components or other abstract elements. Each footprint is a drawing of the physical component including its land pattern (e.g. the layout of pads on the circuit board).
This package is providing footprints for Pcbnew usable with KiCad >= 5.99.0.
There are three methods to install kicad-footprints 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-footprints 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-footprints using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kicad-footprints
Install kicad-footprints Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-footprints using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kicad-footprints
Install kicad-footprints 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-footprints using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kicad-footprints
How To Uninstall kicad-footprints on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kicad-footprints package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kicad-footprints
Uninstall kicad-footprints And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kicad-footprints and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-footprints
Remove kicad-footprints Configurations and Data
To remove kicad-footprints configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-footprints
Remove kicad-footprints configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kicad-footprints configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-footprints
Dependencies
kicad-footprints have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-footprints package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
