How To Install libpythonqt-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpythonqt-dev
on Debian 9.
What is libpythonqt-dev
libpythonqt-dev is:
PythonQt offers an easy way to embed the Python scripting language into a C++ Qt applications. It makes heavy use of the QMetaObject system and thus requires Qt 4.x. The focus of PythonQt is on embedding Python into an existing C++ application, not on writing the whole application completely in Python. If you want to write your whole application in Python, you should use PyQt or PySide instead. If you are looking for a simple way to embed Python objects into your C++/Qt Application and to script parts of your application via Python, PythonQt is the way to go!
This package contains development files needed to build PythonQt applications.
There are three methods to install libpythonqt-dev
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpythonqt-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 libpythonqt-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpythonqt-dev
Install libpythonqt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpythonqt-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpythonqt-dev
Install libpythonqt-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpythonqt-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpythonqt-dev
How To Uninstall libpythonqt-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libpythonqt-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpythonqt-dev
Uninstall libpythonqt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpythonqt-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpythonqt-dev
Remove libpythonqt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpythonqt-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpythonqt-dev
Remove libpythonqt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpythonqt-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpythonqt-dev
Dependencies
libpythonqt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpythonqt-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.