How To Install kicad-symbols on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-symbols on Debian 12.
What is kicad-symbols
kicad-symbols is:
Eeschema is a powerful schematic capture software distributed as part of KiCad which get it’s great and powerful efficiency from the usage of prepared schematics for the various needed schematic symbols.
This package is providing this schematic symbols for Eeschema usable with KiCad >= 5.99.0.
There are three methods to install kicad-symbols 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-symbols 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-symbols using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kicad-symbols
Install kicad-symbols Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kicad-symbols using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kicad-symbols
Install kicad-symbols 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-symbols using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kicad-symbols
How To Uninstall kicad-symbols on Debian 12
To uninstall only the kicad-symbols package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kicad-symbols
Uninstall kicad-symbols And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kicad-symbols and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kicad-symbols
Remove kicad-symbols Configurations and Data
To remove kicad-symbols configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kicad-symbols
Remove kicad-symbols configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kicad-symbols configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kicad-symbols
Dependencies
kicad-symbols have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kicad-symbols package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
