How To Install fritzing on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fritzing
fritzing is:
Fritzing is an open source project designed to help one transition from a prototype to a finished project. Aimed at users who want to produce or document circuits and experiments, one starts by building a physical prototype, then recreating it with Fritzing’s graphical editor. From there one can generate a schematic, PCB artwork, and PCB production files.
There are three methods to install fritzing
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fritzing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fritzing
Install fritzing Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fritzing
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fritzing
Install fritzing 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 fritzing
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fritzing
How To Uninstall fritzing on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fritzing
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fritzing
Uninstall fritzing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fritzing
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fritzing
Remove fritzing Configurations and Data
To remove fritzing
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fritzing
Remove fritzing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fritzing
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fritzing
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fritzing
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.