CadSoft EAGLE is a PCB Design Software, with schematic editor, layout editor with autorouter capabilities and component library editor for modules.

A common issue during installation is: when you try to start ./eagle you receive the message

eagle: command not found

For installing EAGLE on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 are necessary these prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install libXrandr2:i386 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 libsdl2-image-2.0-0:i386 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 libfreetype6 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libxext6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxi6:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-i386 libxfixes3:i386 libexpat1:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxau6:i386

After installing these libraries, EAGLE can run also as portable app, i have copied it in a Dropbox directory and i use it across several PCs, sharing components library, you can install it downloading the Linux installer from the official download page: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/download-eagle/

I've tested this with 6.1.0 and 7.2.0 versions of EAGLE.

A common issue during installation is that the installer cannot find libfreetype.so.6 library.

For installing EAGLE on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64 are necessary these prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install libXrandr2:i386 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 libsdl2-image-2.0-0:i386 libcurl3-gnutls:i386 libfreetype6 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386

After installing these libraries, EAGLE can run also as portable app (without installation), i have copied it in a Dropbox directory and i use it across several PCs, sharing components library, you can install it downloading the Linux installer from the official download page: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/download-eagle/

I've tested this with 6.1.0 and 7.2.0 versions of EAGLE.

• Official website: http://www.cadsoftusa.com