How To Install libportal-qt5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-qt5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libportal-qt5-dev is Flatpak portal library (development files for Qt 5)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-qt5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libportal-qt5-dev

libportal-qt5-dev is:

libportal provides GIO-style C APIs for most Flatpak portals’ D-Bus interfaces. It is primarily intended for installation in Flatpak runtimes, where applications can use it to interact with portals; it can also be used to test the portal services.

See the xdg-desktop-portal package’s description for more information about portals.

This package contains development headers and the pkg-config file for integration with Qt 5.

There are three methods to install libportal-qt5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libportal-qt5-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 libportal-qt5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libportal-qt5-dev

Install libportal-qt5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libportal-qt5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libportal-qt5-dev

Install libportal-qt5-dev Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libportal-qt5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libportal-qt5-dev

How To Uninstall libportal-qt5-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libportal-qt5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libportal-qt5-dev

Uninstall libportal-qt5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libportal-qt5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libportal-qt5-dev

Remove libportal-qt5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libportal-qt5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libportal-qt5-dev

Remove libportal-qt5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libportal-qt5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libportal-qt5-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libportal-qt5-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.