How to Install and Uninstall kicad-footprints Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "kicad-footprints" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install kicad-footprints on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kicad-footprints
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kicad-footprints" package

Learn how to uninstall kicad-footprints on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kicad-footprints
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kicad-footprints package on Kali Linux

Package: kicad-footprints
Version: 7.0.11-1
Installed-Size: 147294
Maintainer: Debian Electronics Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: kicad (<< 6.0.0~)
Recommends: kicad (>= 7.0.1~)
Breaks: kicad (<< 6.0.0~)
Size: 22053532
SHA256: 5392460e7acef588a23bbe97cba581a833c257f5274057063151c8c610fcdd62
SHA1: 559de4a4ace9af98fc3fd23ba19439628fa01b67
MD5sum: 0a694d563089ae2f4e89770ccda320b6
Description: Footprint symbols for KiCad's Pcbnew
Pcbnew is a powerful printed circuit board software and part of the
KiCad suite.
Pcbnew manages libraries of footprints for components or other abstract
elements. Each footprint is a drawing of the physical component including its
land pattern (e.g. the layout of pads on the circuit board).
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This package is providing footprints for Pcbnew usable with KiCad >= 5.99.0.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://kicad.github.io/footprints
Tag: field::electronics, role::app-data
Section: electronics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/kicad-footprints/kicad-footprints_7.0.11-1_all.deb