How To Install fped on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fped on Ubuntu.
What is fped
fped is:
fped is an editor that allows the interactive creation of footprints of electronic components. Footprint definitions are stored in a text format that resembles a programming language.
The language is constrained such that anything that can be expressed in the textual definition also has a straightforward equivalent operation that can be performed through the GUI.
A description of the GUI can be found here: http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fped/gui.html
There are three methods to install fped on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fped Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fped using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fped
Install fped Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fped using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fped
Install fped 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 fped using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fped
How To Uninstall fped on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fped package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fped
Uninstall fped And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fped and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fped
Remove fped Configurations and Data
To remove fped configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fped
Remove fped configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fped configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fped
Dependencies
fped have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fped package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.