Installation

Version 1.0.0 · Debian package

Requirements

The Windows installer is per-user and needs no administrator rights.

Linux: Debian and Ubuntu

The .deb is the best option on Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and anything else apt-based. It installs like any other package, registers the menu entry and the KiCad file associations, and comes off with apt remove goatcad.

sudo apt install ./goatcad_*_amd64.deb

Download the .deb first — apt takes a local path.

Linux: other distributions

The .AppImage is one self-contained file that runs anywhere. Nothing is installed and nothing is left behind, which also means no menu entry and no file associations unless you add them.

chmod +x GoatCAD-*.AppImage && ./GoatCAD-*.AppImage

Gear Lever or AppImageLauncher will register it with your desktop if you want those.

Updates

The .dmg, .exe and .AppImage installs check for a newer version on launch and every few hours, download it in the background, and ask before restarting into it; otherwise it installs on the next quit. Settings ▸ About turns the check off.

The .deb does not self-update. Install a newer .deb the same way.