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How to install FreeCAD on linuxmint-18.03

To install FreeCAD on linuxmint-18.03
Freecad is a free and open source general-purpose parametric 3D CAD modeller.it is widely used in mechanical engineering and product design fields.

Installation

Update the system repository using the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB]
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                          
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                 
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner amd64 Packages [3,124 B]         
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial/partner i386 Packages [3,124 B]                     
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]                           
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release [24.2 kB]                   
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]      
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release.gpg [819 B]                 
Get:10 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia/main amd64 Packages [18.4 kB]  
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
Get:12 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia/main i386 Packages [17.7 kB]        
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Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [16.4 kB]           
Get:37 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [15.5 kB]            
Get:38 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse Translation-en [8,344 B]           
Get:39 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main amd64 Packages [4,844 B]               
Get:40 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main i386 Packages [4,836 B]                
Get:41 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,400 B]           
Get:42 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,080 B]            
Get:43 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,996 B]           
Fetched 5,836 kB in 11s (500 kB/s)                                                                   
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Free CAD application as shown below

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install freecad -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  fonts-lyx libboost-program-options1.58.0 libboost-regex1.58.0 libboost-signals1.58.0 libcoin80v5
  libfreeimage3 libgl2ps0 libjs-jquery libjs-jquery-ui libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libjxr0
  liboce-foundation10 liboce-modeling10 liboce-ocaf-lite10 liboce-ocaf10 liboce-visualization10
  libopenjp2-7 libphonon4 libpyside1.2 libshiboken1.2v5 libsoqt4-20 libspnav0 libxerces-c3.1
  libzipios++0v5 phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-gstreamer-common pyside-tools
  python-collada python-cycler python-dateutil python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-numpy
  python-pivy python-ply python-pyparsing python-pyside python-pyside.phonon python-pyside.qtcore
  python-pyside.qtdeclarative python-pyside.qtgui python-pyside.qthelp python-pyside.qtnetwork
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Setting up python-pivy (0.5.0~v609hg-3.1) ...
Setting up liboce-foundation10:amd64 (0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up liboce-modeling10:amd64 (0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up liboce-ocaf-lite10:amd64 (0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libopenjp2-7:amd64 (2.1.0-2.1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libfreeimage3:amd64 (3.17.0+ds1-2) ...
Setting up liboce-visualization10:amd64 (0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up liboce-ocaf10:amd64 (0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up libspnav0 (0.2.3-1) ...
Setting up freecad (0.15.4671+dfsg1-4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here

Freecad application.

The version of freecad

With this, the method to install FreeCAD on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end

Tag : Linux Mint
FAQ
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Do LibreCAD and FreeCAD release regular updates?
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Yes, LibreCAD and FreeCAD do release regular updates.
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Do we need any ppa or .deb file for the installation of LibreCAD and FreeCAD?
A
No need of any ppa or .deb file for the installation of LibreCAD and FreeCADt, it has an inbuilt repository for this software so just update the repo and install the software.
Q
what are its depenedent packages?
A
freecad-daily freecad-daily-doc
Q
What is freecad?
A
FreeCAD is a general purpose 3D Computer-Aided Design preferably used in the fields of engineering and architecture. Since FreeCAD is FOSS, it is easily customizable and extensible through
Q
What is the stable ppa?
A
The command to add
add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-daily