How to Install QCAD on MX Linux – Step-by-step

How to Install

2. 2. Installing QCAD

   Then to Set up QCAD on MX:
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart on MX.
   First, access the Download location by default with:

   cd ~/Downloads

   To Check it’s there List the contents with:

   ls . | grep qcad

   The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
   But if you are in Trouble to Find it out on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Then give Execution Permission:

   chmod +x ./qcad*.run

   Finally to Setup QCAD:

   ./qcad*.run

   And the Setup is quickly achieved.

3. 3. Amending User’s Path

   Again Append QCAD into the Path
   So first Rename the Target Folder with:

   sudo mv ~/opt/qcad* ~/opt/qcad

   And then to Set it:

   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/opt/qcad' >> ~/.bashrc

   Finally, Reload the Bash User’s Path simply with:

   bash