Freecad on Trisquel?
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Hi all,
I am trying to help someone who needs Freecad to do his work. He wants to run it offline and wants to install Trisquel to install the app for his 3D work.
I hope I am wrong, but I think that is not possible because the version he needs (last version) seems to be very non-free.
Is there any other user friendly cad app (GUI, no terminal) that is as powerful, but blobless?
Many huge pre-thanks for any help!
I see the freecad version 1.0 is in guix repository. What makes you think it is non-free?
Thank you eric23! Is version 1.0 on Trisquel 11?
I checked on Trisquel 10 and the only available version was freecad 0.18.4 and I assumed the next version was blobby, so glad I asked!
Trisquel is an LTS (Long Term Support) system, so package release numbers tend to older as the system is kept in a stable state for longer, prioritizing applying only important patches instead of repeatedly bumping the release number. So this doesn't necessarily mean that newer versions were rejected as non-free, it might simply be due to Trisquel's LTS policy (though of course the possibility of a package becoming non-free in a newer version does exist, even if being rare).
From the Free Software Directory:
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FreeCAD
See, the page links to 1.0.0
... as the system is kept in a stable state for longer
I love this about Trisquel! Thank you Kiki and for the link too.
So glad I asked here!!!
I think I read something somewere that took me off my tracks, but can't remember where. I have been trying to find out if I could help to safely install Trisquel+Freecad and the forum sorted in a flash.
FreeCAD 1.0 is in Flathub. To install Flatpak, setup Flathub's "floss" subset and install FreeCAD, execute in a terminal:
$ sudo apt install flatpak
$ flatpak remote-add --subset=floss flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
$ flatpak install flathub org.freecad.FreeCAD
Notice that the "floss" subset includes some free software that only aims to launch proprietary software!
That was very helpful Magic Banana, thank you! It is so good to have the commands!
Why not just use the AppImage? That seems to be the recommended way to install it. All you have to do is download it from the website and run it.
Thank you Legimet, that sounds very straight forward.
When you say "just use the AppImage", do you mean downloaded it from a Trisquel controlled repository?
I hope I didn't offend anyone here with my English.
I noticed a "-1" on my comment and think it might have to do with the word "horrified". A strong word, but I'm sorry to say the terminal still shakes my foundations, specially when there is a sequence of commands.
About the Freecad install, I think it's a no go, unless the new version handles power more efficiently. The TP with old version of Freecad installed proved already too slugguish for any 3D work (tested with Trisquel 10, soon 11, would 11 sort that?).
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