Install Pcbnew On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian

Install Pcbnew On A Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Kali, Fedora And Raspbian

pcbnew

Electronic schematic and PCB design software

Maintainer: Debian Electronics Team



Section: electronics

Install pcbnew

  • Debian apt-get install kicad Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install kicad Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S kicad Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install kicad Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install kicad-1 Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install kicad Click to copy

kicad

Electronic schematic and PCB design software

Kicad is a suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards. It includes a schematic editor, a PCB layout tool, support tools and a 3D viewer to display a finished & fully populated PCB. Kicad is made up of 5 main components: * kicad - project manager * eeschema - schematic editor * pcbnew - PCB editor * gerbview - GERBER viewer * cvpcb - footprint selector for components Libraries: * Both eeschema and pcbnew have library managers and editors for their components and footprints * You can easily create, edit, delete and exchange library items * Documentation files can be associated with components, footprints and key words, allowing a fast search by function * Very large libraries are available for schematic components and footprints * Most components have corresponding 3D models

kicad-1

diagrams and PCBs
To install the latest version of pcbnew in your favorite operating system just copy the pcbnew installation command from above and paste it into terminal. It will download and install the latest version of pcbnew 2026 package in your OS.