{"id":32907,"date":"2020-11-02T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32907"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T09:12:56","slug":"install-kicad-ubuntu-20-04-new-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/install-kicad-ubuntu-20-04-new-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Latest KiCad in Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 [New PPA]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest KiCad, schematic capture & PCB design software, in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint via PPA.<\/p>\n

KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design of schematics for electronic circuits and their conversion to PCB designs. KiCad was originally developed by Jean-Pierre Charras. It features an integrated environment for schematic capture and PCB layout design. Tools exist within the package to create a bill of materials, artwork, Gerber files, and 3D views of the PCB and its components.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new official PPA<\/a> was created contains the latest packages for 9.0 release series. See here for the new features<\/a> in the KiCad 9.x.<\/p>\n

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Install KiCad 9.x from Ubuntu PPA<\/h3>\n

1.<\/b> Open terminal either from system application launcher, or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad\/kicad-9.0-releases<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no visual feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n
NOTE: KiCad maintains individual PPAs for each release series! When next 10.x release series is out, there may be new PPA for it. So go check this page<\/a> in case a new PPA is available when you see this tutorial.<\/b><\/p>\n
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2.<\/b> Then refresh system package via command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt update<\/pre>\n
This step is no longer required as it automatically refresh cache while adding PPA. However, some Ubuntu flavors, e.g., Linux Mint, does NOT.<\/i><\/p>\n
3.<\/b> Install the KiCad package:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install kicad<\/pre>\n
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After installation, search for and launch the CAD software from either start menu or GNOME Overview depends on your desktop and enjoy!<\/p>\n
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Uninstall:<\/h3>\n
To remove KiCad package, run command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt remove --autoremove kicad<\/pre>\n
To remove the PPA, either go to Software & Updates -> Other Software<\/i> or run command:<\/p>\n
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:kicad\/kicad-9.0-releases<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This simple tutorial shows how to install the latest KiCad, schematic capture & PCB design software, in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint via PPA. KiCad is a free software suite for electronic design automation. It facilitates the design of schematics for electronic circuits and their conversion to PCB designs. KiCad was originally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1997],"class_list":["post-32907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-kicad-ppa"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}