Install on Unix/sv

För tillfället, så erbjuder FreeCAD teamet endast installerare för 32bit Debian och Ubuntu system, men en del medlemmar av FreeCADs användargrupp erbjuder även anpassade installerare för andra Linuxvarianter. Ta en titt på Nedladdningssidan sidan för att se vad som för tillfället finns tillgängligt.

Once you've got FreeCAD installed, it's time to get started!

Installation på Debian/Ubuntu system
När du har laddat ned den .deb som motsvarar din systemversion, och om du har Gdebi paketet installerat (det är det vanligtvis), så behöver du bara navigera till där du laddade ned filen, och dubbelklicka på den. Nödvändiga beroenden kommer att tas hand om automatiskt av din pakethanterare. Alternativt, så kan du även installera den från terminalen, genom att navigera till där du laddade ned filen, och skriva:

sudo dpkg -i Name_of_your_FreeCAD_package.deb

byt Name_of_your_FreeCAD_package.deb till namnet på den fil som du laddade ned.

Efter att du har installerat FreeCAD, så kommer en startikon läggas till i "Grafik" sektionen i din startmeny.

Many Linux distributions are based on Ubuntu and share its repositories. Besides official variants (Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Xubuntu), there are non official distros such as Linux Mint, Voyager and others. The installation options below should be compatible to these systems.

Official Ubuntu repository
FreeCAD is available from Ubuntu repositories and can be installed via the Software Center or with this command in a terminal:

But chances are this stable version will be outdated, and not have the latest features. To get the last release version, please use the PPA.

Stable PPA with GUI
To install FreeCAD using the PPA, from the graphical interface, please follow those instructions. The FreeCAD community provides a PPA repository on Launchpad with the latest stable FreeCAD version.

You need to add to your system's Software Sources the following PPA. To do that navigate to Ubuntu Software Centre > Edit > Software Sources > Other Software. Click on add and copy and past the code below:

Refresh your software sources, if asked. Now, you can find and install the last stable FreeCAD version on the Ubuntu Software Center.

For more information on PPA, click here: Definition of PPA (Personal Package Archive) on help.ubuntu.com.

Stable PPA with console
Type, or copy-paste, these commands in a console to add the PPA:

For the "stable" PPA

Don't forget to retrieve the updated the package lists:

Update synchronizes your list of available packages with the servers.

Then, install FreeCAD along with the documentation:

Upgrade downloads and installs the newest packages version of the installed programs. It will be applied to all the softwares installed on your computer.

Execute this command to open the stable version of FreeCAD:

Daily PPA with console
If you want to install the last unstable version of FreeCAD, please use the PPA named "freecad-daily" PPA repository on Launchpad. This way you can access the bleeding edge of FreeCAD development. This PPA is automatically compiled daily from the official FreeCAD's master branch repository. It will usually contain numerous bug fixes and feature updates.

For the daily PPA:

Execute this command to open the daily build of FreeCAD:

Debian and other debian-based systems
Since Debian Lenny, FreeCAD is available directly from the Debian software repositories and can be installed via synaptic or simply with:

OpenSUSE
FreeCAD is typically installed with:

Gentoo
FreeCAD can be built/installed simply by issuing:

Other
If you find out that your system features FreeCAD but is not documented in this page, please tell us on the forum!

Many alternative, non-official FreeCAD packages are available on the net, for example for systems like slackware or fedora. A search on the net can quickly give you some results.

Manual install on .deb based systems
If for some reason you cannot use one of the above methods, you can always download one of the .deb packages available on the Download page.

Once you downloaded the .deb corresponding to your system version, if you have the Gdebi package installed (usually it is), you just need to navigate to where you downloaded the file, and double-click on it. The necessary dependencies will be taken care of automatically by your system package manager. Alternatively you can also install it from the terminal, navigating to where you downloaded the file, and type:

changing Name_of_your_FreeCAD_package.deb by the name of the file you downloaded.

After you installed FreeCAD, a startup icon will be added in the "Graphic" section of your Start Menu.

Installera på andra Linux/Unix system
Olyckligtvis finns det för tillfället inga förkompilerade paket för andra Linux/Unix system, så du får kompilera FreeCAD själv.

Unfortnately, at the moment, no precompiled package is available for other Linux/Unix systems,so you will need to compile FreeCAD yourself.

Installing Windows Version on Linux
See the Install on Windows page.