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===== Running gschem =====

<note tip>Are you looking for help with [[geda:installation|installing gEDA]]?</note>

**gschem** can be launched directly from your system applications menu: look for "gEDA Schematic Editor", which can be found in the "Engineering" or "Electronics" submenus on most Linux systems.  It can also be run by opening a schematic file (ending in ''.sch'') from a file browser window.

Alternatively, you can run gschem from the command line using the ''gschem'' command.  You can run it without any arguments just to open a new, untitled schematic:

<code>
gschem
</code>

or you can specify the names of some schematic or symbol files to open:

<code>
gschem mydesign.sch symbols/resistor-1.sym
</code>

If any of the schematic or symbol files you specify don't already exist, gschem will create a new, empty file with that name.

gschem accepts several [[geda:gschem_ug:command_line|optional arguments]] that can be specified on the command line to alter its behaviour.  They are also detailed in the gschem manpage (which you can view by running ''man gschem'').