How To Install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Kali Linux. libpackagekitqt5-dev is Library for accessing PackageKit using Qt5 (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpackagekitqt5-dev

libpackagekitqt5-dev is:

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

This package provides the header files for PackageKit-Qt.

There are three methods to install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpackagekitqt5-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekitqt5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev

Install libpackagekitqt5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekitqt5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev

Install libpackagekitqt5-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekitqt5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev

How To Uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpackagekitqt5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpackagekitqt5-dev

Uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackagekitqt5-dev

Remove libpackagekitqt5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpackagekitqt5-dev

Remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackagekitqt5-dev

Dependencies

libpackagekitqt5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekitqt5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.