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Setup OpenScad on Ubuntu

# see what OpenSCAD versions are available
apt search openscad


#install the repository to the local package manager
wget -qO - http://files.openscad.org/OBS-Repository-Key.pub | sudo apt-key add -


# add the entry for the target OS version (this one is for Ubuntu 16.04)
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openscad.list

    save the following to openscad.list:
    
        deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/t-paul/xUbuntu_16.04/ ./


# update the local package manager
sudo apt-get update

# verify 'openscad-nightly' is now listed
apt search openscad

# install the nightly build of OpenSCAD
sudo apt-get install openscad-nightly

# test/run the nightly executable
openscad-nightly --help