How To Install pcb-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pcb-gtk
pcb-gtk 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 GTK+ user-interface for pcb.
There are three methods to install pcb-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcb-gtk
Install pcb-gtk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb-gtk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcb-gtk
Install pcb-gtk 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pcb-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcb-gtk
How To Uninstall pcb-gtk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pcb-gtk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcb-gtk
Uninstall pcb-gtk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcb-gtk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcb-gtk
Remove pcb-gtk Configurations and Data
To remove pcb-gtk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcb-gtk
Remove pcb-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcb-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcb-gtk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcb-gtk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
