How To Install pcb-common on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-common on Debian 12.
What is pcb-common
pcb-common is:
PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system. PCB includes a rats nest feature, design rule checking, and can provide industry standard RS-274-X (Gerber), NC drill, and centroid data (X-Y data) output for use in the board fabrication and assembly process. PCB offers high end features such as an autorouter and trace optimizer which can tremendously reduce layout time.
This package contains the common files.
There are three methods to install pcb-common 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 pcb-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcb-common
Install pcb-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcb-common
Install pcb-common 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 pcb-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcb-common
How To Uninstall pcb-common on Debian 12
To uninstall only the pcb-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcb-common
Uninstall pcb-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcb-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcb-common
Remove pcb-common Configurations and Data
To remove pcb-common configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcb-common
Remove pcb-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcb-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcb-common
Dependencies
pcb-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-common package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
