How to Install OpenSCAD on Linuxmint-18.03
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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
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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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