Install FreeCAD on Ubuntu, an Open Source 3D CAD Application
FreeCAD is a 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) application that is used to draw an object or a part of an object using a computer device.
FreeCAD was created for the needs of Engineers, Product Design and others, such as Architecture.
FreeCAD is an open source and free application under the LGPL license. Apart from Unix/Linux operating systems, FreeCAD can also be used on Windows and MAC OSX operating systems, because FreeCAD is a multi-platform application.
Install FreeCAD on Ubuntu and its Derivatives.
FreeCAD is available in the official Ubuntu repositories. So that FreeCAD can be directly installed through the official repository on Ubuntu and other types of Ubuntu (Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and so on), as well as on Ubuntu derivatives such as Linux Mint.
Make sure it is connected to the internet and type the following command to install.
sudo apt-get install freecad
However, the FreeCAD available in the official repository is usually not the latest version of FreeCAD, so we cannot use the latest features and various updates from FreeCAD.
In order to use the latest features of FreeCAD, we can install the latest stable version of FreeCAD or the dialy version which is more updated from the PPA repository.
Type the following command to add the stable version of the FreeCAD PPA repository.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable
Or if using the dialy version, type the following command to add the PPA repository.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-dialy
Then upgrade the repository and install FreeCAD using the following command.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install freecad freecad-doc
Then wait for the repository update process and installation to complete. After the installation process is complete, FreeCAD can be opened via the menu on the Desktop.
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