Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Sweet Home 3D is an open source interior design application, allowing the users to easily rearrange their house. Among others, in allows the users to draw walls and rooms on existing plans, drag and drop windows, doors and others from the catalog to the plan, modify color, texture size and orientation of the furniture, ceilings, floors and walls, view the changes in 3D, import and export plans, etc. The latest version available is Sweet Home 3D 4.1, which comes with fixes and improvements.

In this article I will show you how to install Sweet Home 3D 4.1 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtaial, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 15 Olivia, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna and Pear OS 8.
Because it is available via the GetDeb repository, installing Sweet Home 3D 4.1 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and Pear OS is easy. Follow the instructions exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Sweet Home 3D 4.1 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander and Linux Mint 16 Petra:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sweethome3d
How to install Sweet Home 3D 4.1 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Linux Mint 15 Olivia and Pear OS 8:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu raring-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sweethome3d
How to install Sweet Home 3D 4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2 Luna:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
$ wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sweethome3d