How to Install OpenSCAD on Linuxmint-18.03

To Install OpenSCAD on Linuxmint-18.03
OpenSCAD is a free software application for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It is a script-only based modeler that uses its own description language. In this tutorial, we will see the installation of OpenSCAD on Linux mint 18.3

Installation
Add the repository of openscad by using PPA.

linuxhelp ~ # add-apt-repository -y ppa:openscad/releases
You are about to add the following PPA:
 Backports of OpenSCAD stable releases
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~openscad/+archive/ubuntu/releases
Executing: /tmp/tmp.IONN4T5IUf/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
AD382CA4
gpg: requesting key AD382CA4 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com

gpgkeys: key AD382CA4 can't be retrieved
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver helper general error
gpg: keyserver communications error: unknown pubkey algorithm
gpg: keyserver receive failed: unknown pubkey algorithm

Let's first start with updating the system repositories.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                      
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease [18.1 kB]                   
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                           
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                    
Ign:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                          
Ign:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease        
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                                  
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [1,072 B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,396 B]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [1,392 B]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [684 B]
Fetched 22.6 kB in 2s (10.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 176F9F68AD382CA4
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/openscad/releases/ubuntu xenial InRelease' is not signed.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Install the openscad application run the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install openscad
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libboost-program-options1.58.0 libboost-regex1.58.0 libboost-thread1.58.0 libcgal11v5
  libopencsg1v5 libqt5scintilla2-12v5 libqt5scintilla2-l10n
Suggested packages:
  meshlab geomview librecad openscad-testing
Recommended packages:
  openscad-mcad
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libboost-program-options1.58.0 libboost-regex1.58.0 libboost-thread1.58.0 libcgal11v5
  libopencsg1v5 libqt5scintilla2-12v5 libqt5scintilla2-l10n openscad
.
.
.
Setting up libboost-regex1.58.0:amd64 (1.58.0+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1) ...
Setting up libboost-thread1.58.0:amd64 (1.58.0+dfsg-5ubuntu3.1) ...
Setting up libcgal11v5:amd64 (4.7-4) ...
Setting up libopencsg1v5:amd64 (1.4.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libqt5scintilla2-l10n (2.9.1+dfsg-4build1) ...
Setting up libqt5scintilla2-12v5 (2.9.1+dfsg-4build1) ...
Setting up openscad (2015.03-2+dfsg-1~xenial2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

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

Welcome to opens cad application.

Now, you can able to use the Opens Cad application

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

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FAQ

what language is used for openscad?

*OpenSCAD is a free software application for creating solid 3D CAD (computer-aided design) objects
*It is a script-only based modeler that uses its own description language; parts can be previewed, but it cannot be interactively selected or modified by mouse in the 3D view.

How can I install openscad in Fedora system?

OpenSCAD is available in Fedora official repositories. To install, run the following command
# yum install openscad
If you want the MCAD library
# yum install openscad-MCAD

How to install Openscad in Ubuntu 18.04?

here is a procedure to install openscad from the Debian/sid package:
# gdebi will manage .deb dependencies
#wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openscad/openscad_2015.03-2+dfsg-2+b3_amd64.deb

How to updating the system repositories on Linuxmint-18.03?

Add the repository of openscad by using PPA
# add-apt-repository -y ppa:openscad/releases

How to install the openscad application in Linuxmint?

run the following command to install the openscad application in Linuxmint

# apt-get install openscad