How To Install kicad-packages3d on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-packages3d on Kali Linux.

What is kicad-packages3d

kicad-packages3d is:

Pcbnew is a powerful printed circuit board software and part of the KiCad suite. Like Pcbnew the Footprint Editor is also part of KiCad. The 3D models are provided as *.step and *.wrl files and intended to be rendered by the Pcbnew and Footprint 3D viewer or other MCAD software.

The STEP files (.step) are used for integration with MCAD software packages (e.g. by openscad or freecad). The WRL files (.wrl) are used for photo-realistic rendering using KiCad’s raytracing rendering engine.

The 3D models of this package are completely optional and not really needed for developing of any PCB layout but they give the user a impressive possibility to see how the PCB or the Footprint would look like.

This package is providing 3D Models for Pcbnew and the footprint editor usable for KiCad >= 5.0.0.

Please note this package will use about 5GB of disk space! Ensure you have enough free space on your PC or Laptop before you install the package.

There are three methods to install kicad-packages3d 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-packages3d 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-packages3d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kicad-packages3d

Install kicad-packages3d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kicad-packages3d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kicad-packages3d

Install kicad-packages3d 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-packages3d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kicad-packages3d

How To Uninstall kicad-packages3d on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kicad-packages3d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kicad-packages3d

Uninstall kicad-packages3d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kicad-packages3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-packages3d

Remove kicad-packages3d Configurations and Data

To remove kicad-packages3d configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-packages3d

Remove kicad-packages3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kicad-packages3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-packages3d

Dependencies

kicad-packages3d have the following dependencies:

References

• kicad-packages3d website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-packages3d package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.