How To Install kicad-footprints on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 >= 5.0.0.

There are three methods to install kicad-footprints 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-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 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-footprints using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kicad-footprints

How To Uninstall kicad-footprints on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• kicad-footprints website

Summary

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