1.2. Under GNU/Linux

1.2. Under GNU/Linux

Stable builds. Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad and kicad-doc. If your distribution does not provide latest stable version, please follow the instruction for unstable builds and select and install the latest stable version.

Unstable (nightly development) builds. Unstable builds are built from the most recent source code. They can sometimes have bugs that cause file corruption, generate bad gerbers, etc, but are generally stable and have the latest features.

Under Ubuntu, the easiest way to install an unstable nightly build of KiCad is via PPA and Aptitude. Type the following into your Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/ppa-kicad

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

sudo aptitude install kicad kicad-doc-en

Under Fedora the easiest way to install an unstable nightly build is via copr. To install KiCad via copr type the following in to copr:

sudo dnf copr enable mangelajo/kicad

sudo dnf install kicad

Alternatively, you can download and install a pre-compiled version of KiCad, or directly download the source code, compile and install KiCad.