How to install LibrePCB on Ubuntu

Post last modified:May 16, 2024
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LibrePCB is a free and open source EDA (Electronic design automation) software for Windows, macOS and Linux. Using this you can develop printed circuit boards. It comes with easy to use GUI, project management and library, schematic, board editors. Libraries and projects file formats are readable by humans. The important feature in this LibrePCB is Multi PCB. Using this you can use multi PCB variants of the same schematic. And it automatic netlist synchronization between board and schematic.

LibrePCB PCB editor

Download LibrePCB [Linux, Windows, MacOS]

Install LibrePCB EDA software on Ubuntu

LibrePCB available as a Snap, Flatpak and AppImage. You can install it from any of these three methods.

Install LibrePCB via AppImage

Download the LibrePCB EDA software in AppImage file format from the above download link and save it on your Downloads folder. Here the file name “librepcb-1.1.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage” and path Downloads folder. You can change below commands based on your file name and path. In Ubuntu terminal app (Ctrl+Alt+T) run below commands one by one.

cd Downloads

sudo chmod +x ~ librepcb-1.1.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage

sudo ./librepcb-1.1.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage

LibrePCB installer

It will open the librepcb setup and complete the installation process.

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LibrePCB editor

Install LibrePCB via Flatpak:

First follow the below tutorial link and install and setup flatpak on your system and restart it after the installation.

How to install flatpak on Ubuntu

After that Open your terminal app (Ctrl+Atl+T) and run the below command

flatpak install flathub org.librepcb.LibrePCB

During the installation of LibrePCB press y and enter when it asked to confirm the installation. Then start the LibrePCB by running the below command in terminal.