Install on Linux/Unix/de

Die Installation von FreeCAD auf den bekanntesten Linux Systemen wurde nun von der Gemeinschaft befürwortet, und FreeCAD sollte direkt über den in Ihrer Distribution verfügbaren Paketmanager verfügbar sein. Die FreeCAD Mannschaft stellt auch ein paar "offizielle" Pakete zur Verfügung, wenn neue Versionen erscheinen, und ein paar experimentelle Personal Package Archive (PPA)-Repositorien zum Testen nicht ausgereifter Funktionen.

Wenn Du FreeCAD installiert hast, ist es Zeit für die ersten Schritte!

Ubuntu und Ubuntu-basierte Systeme
Viele Linuxdistributionen basieren auf Ubuntu und teilen Ihre Softwarebasis. Neben den offiziellen Varianten (Kubuntu, Lubuntu und Xubuntu) gibt es nicht offizielle Ableitungen wie etwa Linux Mint, Voyager und andere. Die nachfolgenden Installationsoptionen sollten kompatibel zu allen diesen Systemen sein.

Offizielle Ubuntu Paketquelle
FreeCAD ist in den Ubuntu Universum Repositorien verfügbar und kann über das oder im Terminal installiert werden:

Das Ubuntu Universe Paket kann veraltet sein, da die Packung hinter dem neuesten stabilen Quellcode zurückbleiben kann. In diesem Fall wird empfohlen, das Paket aus dem zu installieren. PPA unten. Darüber hinaus kann die Installation des Pakets durchgeführt werden, um den Entwicklungszweig zu testen.

Stabile PPA über die grafische Benutzeroberfläche
Um FreeCAD mit dem persönlichen Paketarchiv (PPA) zu installieren, das vom FreeCAD-Projekt verwaltet wird, folge bitte diesen Anweisungen. Das Repository heißt freecad-stable freecad-stable auf dem Startplatz.


 * Navigiere zu
 * Klicke auf, dann kopiere und füge die folgende Zeile ein


 * Füge die Quelle hinzu, schließe das Dialogfeld und lade Ihre Softwarequellen neu, wenn Du gefragt wirst.

Jetzt kannst Du die letzte stabile FreeCAD Version über das finden und installieren.

Stabile PPA mit der Konsole

 * Füge das PPA zu Deinen Softwarequellen hinzu:


 * Rufe die aktualisierten Paketlisten ab:


 * Installiere dann FreeCAD zusammen mit der Offline Dokumentation:

Aufgrund von Packungsproblemen ist das Paket in bestimmten Versionen von Ubuntu mit der Installation von FreeCAD oder einer seiner Abhängigkeiten kollidiert; wenn dies der Fall ist, entferne das Paket, und installiere nur das Paket. Wenn das Paket nicht existiert, dann ignoriere es.

Sobald du das stabile PPA zu deinen Quellen hinzugefügt hast, das Paket wird diese PPA-Version installieren über derjenigen, die vom Ubuntu Universe Repository bereitgestellt wird. Die verfügbaren Versionen kannst Du mit sehen.

Führe die stabile (PPA) Version von FreeCAD aus:

Tägliche PPA mit der Konsole
Da sich FreeCAD in ständiger Entwicklung befindet, kannst Du das tägliche Paket installieren, um mit den neuesten Verbesserungen und Fehlerkorrekturen Schritt zu halten. Das Repository heißt freecad-tages freecad-tages auf Startplatz.

Diese Version wird täglich aus dem offiziellen Haupt Repositorien erstellt. Bitte beachte, dass es zwar neue Funktionen und Fehlerbehebungen enthält, aber auch neuere Fehler aufweisen und instabil sein kann.

Add the daily PPA to your software sources, update the package lists, and install the daily package:

Every day you can update to the latest daily:

in some cases new code or dependencies added to FreeCAD will cause packaging errors; if this happens, a daily package may not be generated until the maintainers manually fix the problems. If you wish to continue testing the latest code, you should get the source code and compile FreeCAD directly; for instructions see compiling.

Run the daily (PPA) version of FreeCAD:

it is possible to install both the and  packages in the same system. This is useful if you wish to work with a stable version, and still be able to test the latest features in development. Notice that the executable for the daily version is, but for the stable version it is just.

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
A vast release program for FreeCAD package builds are offered.

For installing of stable releases, please visit for a survey:

Survey of stable repositories on openSUSE

Generally for selecting the correct openSUSE distribution needed it is necessary to click on the particular view button.

The stable package version of FreeCAD could be found under:

Stable repositories on openSUSE

The correct openSUSE distribution version must be selected in the lower part of the web page.

FreeCAD is typically installed with YAST (abbr. Yet another Setup Tool) the Linux operating system setup and configuration tool, or in any terminal (root rights required) with:

This procedure only covers the installation of officially released stable FreeCAD program versions, depending on the installed links to the program package repositories of your OS.

To check out the latest development releases (unstable) you have to visit:

Unstable repositories on openSUSE

It is recommended to grab the binary packages directly. Then select the correct distribution for your installed openSUSE OS.

Gentoo
FreeCAD can be built/installed simply by issuing:

Fedora
FreeCAD has been included in the official Fedora packages since Fedora 20. It can be installed from the command line with:

On older Fedora releases, that was:

The gui packages managers can also be used. Search for "freecad". The official release package version tends to be well behind the FreeCAD releases. Package: freecad shows the versions included in the Fedora repositories over time and versions.

More current versions can be obtained by downloading one of the .AppImage releases from the github repository. These work fine on Fedora.

If you want to keep up with the absolute latest daily builds, FreeCAD is also available on copr. To install the build from there, in a terminal session, enter:

That leaves the copr repository active, so

or equivalent, will update to the latest FreeCAD build, along with updates from any of the other active repos. If you want something a bit more stable, you can disable @freecad/nightly again after the initial install. The copr repository only keeps builds from the past 2 weeks. This is not a solution if you want to pick a specific older version.

Instructions are also available on compile FreeCAD yourself, including a script specifically for Fedora. With a minor change, to checkout the specific commit from git, any version since about FreeCAD 0.15 can be built on any distribution since Fedora 21.

Arch
Installing FreeCAD on Arch Linux and derivatives (ex. Manjaro):

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.

Installing on other Linux/Unix systems
Many common Linux distros now include a precompiled FreeCAD as part of the standard packages. This is often out of date, but is a place to start. Check the standard package managers for your system. One of the following (partial) list of commands could install the official version of FreeCAD for your distro from the terminal. These probably need administrator privileges.

The package name is case sensitive, so try `FreeCAD` as well as `freecad`. If that does not work for you, either because your package manager does not have a precompiled FreeCAD version available, or because the available version is too old for your needs, you can try downloading one of the .AppImage releases from the github repository. These tend to work on most 64 bit Linux distributions, without any special installation. Just make sure the downloaded file is marked as executable, then run it.

If that still is not good enough, and you can not locate another source of a precompiled package for your situation, you will need to compile FreeCAD yourself.

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