On 12/6/18 11:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > The librecad in the debian repos for wheezy is nearly a decade old, > v-1.02. There are V2-* stuff that still runs on QT4 some of which is > already installed. > > Is there a repo where I can source a newer version than 1.02 without > destroying my system? > > 1.02 is so old the u-tube tuts are nearly worthless, yet it shows promise > of being able to lay out a boxes rear panel with 13 connections thru it. > which is what I am trying to do. > > Or is there an even better 2d app for such? > > Thanks everybody.
Hai Gene, Some time ago I tried LibreCAD as well and soon had to conclude there were too many issues with it to proceed. Meanwhile I've adopted QCAD (the Pro version) and I am quite happy with it. I've been drawing some fairly complex stuff with it (industrial machinery) and have been able to do almost everything I needed it to do. Mind you it is 2D only, but as far as I can remember the same was true of LibreCAD. I think it might not satisfy the DFSG, as there are proprietary modules in it, but most of the code is licensed under GPLv3. Grx HdV
