How To Install libqscintilla2-designer on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqscintilla2-designer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqscintilla2-designer is Qt4 Designer plugin for QScintilla 2 (Transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqscintilla2-designer on Debian 10.

What is libqscintilla2-designer

libqscintilla2-designer is:

QScintilla is a text editor for Qt4 with features especially useful when writing and debugging source code. These include support for syntax styling, error indicators, code completion, call tips and margins.

This package contains a plugin to use the QScintilla 2 widget in the Qt4 UI Designer.

This is a dummy transitional package provided to support upgrades.

There are three methods to install libqscintilla2-designer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libqscintilla2-designer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqscintilla2-designer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqscintilla2-designer

Install libqscintilla2-designer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqscintilla2-designer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqscintilla2-designer

Install libqscintilla2-designer 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 libqscintilla2-designer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqscintilla2-designer

How To Uninstall libqscintilla2-designer on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libqscintilla2-designer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqscintilla2-designer

Uninstall libqscintilla2-designer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqscintilla2-designer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqscintilla2-designer

Remove libqscintilla2-designer Configurations and Data

To remove libqscintilla2-designer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqscintilla2-designer

Remove libqscintilla2-designer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqscintilla2-designer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqscintilla2-designer

Dependencies

libqscintilla2-designer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqscintilla2-designer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.