How to Install Ubuntu

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Install on Unix

From FreeCAD DocumentationThe installation of FreeCAD on the most well-known linuxsystems has been now endorsed by the community, andFreeCAD should be directly available via the package manageravailable on your distribution. The FreeCAD team also providesa couple of "official" packages when new releases are made,and a couple of experimental PPA repositories for testingbleeding-edge features.

Once you've got FreeCAD installed, it's time to get started!

Contents

1 Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based systems1.1 Official Ubuntu repository1.2 Latest Stable Release from the PPA

1.2.1 Installing from the GUI1.2.2 Installing from the console

1.3 Unstable version of FreeCAD2 Debian and other debian-based systems3 OpenSUSE4 Gentoo5 Other

5.1 Manual install on .deb based systems5.2 Installing on other Linux/Unix systems5.3 Installing Windows Version on Linux

Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based systems

Many Linux distributions are based on Ubuntu and share itsrepositories. Besides official variants (Kubuntu, Lubuntu and

Install on Unix - FreeCAD Documentation http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title...

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Xubuntu), there are non official distros such as Linux Mint,Voyager and others. The installation options below should becompatible to these systems.

Official Ubuntu repository

FreeCAD is available from Ubuntu repositories and can beinstalled via the Software Center or with this command in aterminal:

sudo apt-get install freecad

But chances are this version will be outdated, and not have thelatest features.

Latest Stable Release from the PPA

The FreeCAD community provides a PPA repository onLaunchpad (https://launchpad.net/~freecad-maintainers/+archive/freecad-stable) with the latest stable FreeCADversion.

Installing from the GUI

Add to your system's Software Sources the following PPA (readWhat are PPAs and how do I use them? (http://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them/5102#5102%29) if you don't know how):

ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable

When a dialog window asks you to refresh your softwaresources, click OK.

Now you can install FreeCAD and FreeCAD documentationthrough the Ubuntu Software Center, or your package managerof choice.


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Installing from the console

Type (or copy-paste) these commands in a console to add thePPA and install FreeCAD along with the documentation:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable

Then:

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgradesudo apt-get install freecad freecad-doc

Unstable version of FreeCAD

If you want to be on the bleeding edge of FreeCADdevelopment, there is a different PPA repository providing dailybuilds (http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Download#Ubuntu_PPA_packages).

Debian and other debian-based

systems

Since Debian Lenny, FreeCAD is available directly from theDebian software repositories and can be installed via synapticor simply with:

sudo apt-get install freecad

OpenSUSE

FreeCAD is typically installed with:

zypper install FreeCAD

Gentoo


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FreeCAD can be built/installed simply by issuing:

emerge freecad

Other

If you find out that your system features FreeCAD but is notdocumented in this page, please tell us on the forum(http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=21)!

Many alternative, non-official FreeCAD packages are availableon the net, for example for systems like slackware or fedora. A

search on the net can quickly give you some results.

Manual install on .deb based systems

If for some reason you cannot use one of the above methods,you can always download one of the .deb packages available onthe Download page.

Ubuntu (https://launchpad.net/~freecad-maintainers

/+archive/freecad-stable) 32/64bit

Once you downloaded the .deb corresponding to your systemversion, if you have the Gdebi package installed (usually it is),you just need to navigate to where you downloaded the file,and double-click on it. The necessary dependencies will betaken care of automatically by your system package manager.

Alternatively you can also install it from the terminal,navigating to where you downloaded the file, and type:

sudo dpkg -i Name_of_your_FreeCAD_package.deb

changing Name_of_your_FreeCAD_package.deb by the name ofthe file you downloaded.

After you installed FreeCAD, a startup icon will be added in the"Graphic" section of your Start Menu.


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Installing on other Linux/Unix systems

Unfortnately, at the moment, no precompiled package isavailable for other Linux/Unix systems,so you will need tocompile FreeCAD yourself.

Installing Windows Version on Linux

See the Install on Windows page.

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