How To Install horizon-prj on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install horizon-eda

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is horizon-prj and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install horizon-prj on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install horizon-prj using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install horizon-prj using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install horizon-eda

Install horizon-prj using apt

Because horizon-prj is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install horizon-prj using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install horizon-eda

Install horizon-prj using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install horizon-prj by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install horizon-eda

How to upgrade (update) a single package horizon-prj using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the horizon-prj, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install horizon-eda

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install horizon-eda

How To Uninstall horizon-prj from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the horizon-prj package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove horizon-eda

Uninstall horizon-prj and all its dependencies

To uninstall horizon-prj and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove horizon-eda

Remove horizon-prj with all configurations and data

To remove horizon-prj configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge horizon-eda

Remove horizon-prj completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to horizon-prj package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge horizon-eda

Extra info and code examples

Horizon is an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool for circuit board design. It manages the full design flow from schematic entry to gerber export. The main differentiator from KiCAD is a different (more sane) part library design. It is quite new software in 2018 so may have rough edges but is already very capable. Notable features: * Sane library management * Unified editor for everything from symbol to board * Netlist-aware schematic editor * KiCad's awesome interactive router * Lag- and glitch-free rendering * Rule-based DRC * Undo/redo * Copy/paste for some objects * Builds and runs on Linux and Windows

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install horizon-prj using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the horizon-prj from Ubuntu 22.04.

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