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QCAD 3.3 Released, How to Install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Last updated: February 11, 2014

The 2D CAD software QCad 3.3 has been released with a focus on block attributes. Block attributes can be used to define variable, dynamic text entities in blocks. Watch this screencast for a brief introduction on creating and using block attributes with QCAD.

QCAD is available in Ubuntu Software Center by default, but it’s old. This tutorial is going to show you how to download & install the latest package (so far, it’s 3.3) in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Download & Install QCad 3.3:

Download:

QCad installer for 32-bit Linux

QCad installer for 64-bit Linux

Install:

1. Go to Downloads folder, right-click on downloaded file and go to its Properties window. Check on ‘Allow executing file as program.’ under Permissions tab.

qcad installer properties

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to run the installer:

cd ~/Downloads/ && ./qcad-3.3.0-linux-x86_*.bin

That’s it. Enjoy!

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    2 responses to QCAD 3.3 Released, How to Install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

    1. himabindu September 24, 2014 at 10:43 am

      hi..i followed steps that you mentioned to install qcad in linux. but i haven’t got any result. its showing’ no such file or directory’ .please give me some solution. i want to learn autocad. but it can’t be installed in linux.

    2. Dave August 12, 2016 at 5:56 pm

      open a terminal window in Downloads
      type chmod +x [./program name as downloaded]
      run program