Install LibreCAD Daily and Stable Version on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

LibreCAD is an open source and mature computer-aided design application for creating 2D CAD drawings under the Linux platform. It is based on the Community Edition of the QCad software and it also runs on BSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Features at a glance

It features advanced two-dimensional CAD functionality and it has been designed from the ground up to help Linux users to effortlessly create rich 2D designs on their open source platform.

The application includes all the tools and elements that CAD designers need to create comprehensive geometric and CAD drawings, including entities, layers, blocks, as well as coordinate systems.

In addition, it features grid and object snapping, and allows for basic editing of entities, such as transform, delete, insert, select and duplicate. You can also move, stretch, scale, trim, rotate, divide, align, explode, and copy objects.

Another interesting feature is the ability to use templates in the Drawing Exchange, QCad 1.x, LFF font, QCad font, and Jww Drawing file formats. Furthermore, you can insert images and import blocks, as well as to print your 2D drawings with an attached printer device.

How to Update / Upgrade to LibreCAD on Ubuntu / Linux Mint :

To install and upgrade LibreCAD on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 18 Sarah, Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Install LibreCAD 2.2.0 Alpha :
For those users who want to live on the bleeding edge and try out the newest features as they are pushed to our github repository, you can use our Daily Build PPA, available for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) and later. First, install LibreCAD as per above directions. Then:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:librecad-dev/librecad-daily

Install LibreCAD 2.1.0 Stable :

If you are not willing to take the risks, but want to be more up to date than the distribution packages, use the Stable Build PPA instead:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:librecad-dev/librecad-stable

To stay up to date with the newest build, simply use Ubuntu's "Update Manager" or:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Install command :

$ sudo apt-get install librecad

That command will install the most recent committed code to the master branch at www.github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD. Please report any bugs you have as "Issues" on www.github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/issues.