How to Install and Uninstall kicad Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "kicad" package

This is a short guide on how to install kicad on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall kicad on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kicad
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kicad package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: kicad
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.5+dfsg1-2build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/electronics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Electronics Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108735
Depends: libngspice0, python3-wxgtk4.0, python3 (<< 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgl1, libglew2.1 (>= 1.12.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libocct-data-exchange-7.3, libocct-foundation-7.3, libocct-modeling-algorithms-7.3, libocct-modeling-data-7.3, libocct-ocaf-7.3, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.15.14), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libwxbase3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg), libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg-10~)
Recommends: kicad-libraries, kicad-demos, xsltproc
Suggests: extra-xdg-menus, kicad-doc-ca | kicad-doc-de | kicad-doc-en | kicad-doc-es | kicad-doc-fr | kicad-doc-id | kicad-doc-it | kicad-doc-ja | kicad-doc-pl | kicad-doc-ru | kicad-doc-zh, kicad-packages3d
Breaks: kicad-common (<< 5.0.0~rc1+dfsg1-1~)
Replaces: kicad-common (<< 5.0.0~rc1+dfsg1-1~)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kicad/kicad_5.1.5+dfsg1-2build2_amd64.deb
Size: 24870560
MD5sum: 234852af94123da771f3a2289d882d02
SHA1: 5e932892e8d5cee30390701eaecbb52d7bfe1c8f
SHA256: f092630eb751036b35d462d531d368adc65572d9a1a7193b07bc06d70275d979
Homepage: http://www.kicad-pcb.org
Description: Electronic schematic and PCB design software
Description-md5: 21f7e01a3ffe97be9bbafb9e920e7e78