How To Install pcb on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb on Debian 9.
What is pcb
pcb 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.
There are three methods to install pcb on Debian 9. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcb
Install pcb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcb
Install pcb 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcb
How To Uninstall pcb on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pcb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcb
Uninstall pcb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcb
Remove pcb Configurations and Data
To remove pcb configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcb
Remove pcb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcb
Dependencies
pcb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.