How To Install libqt4-dbus on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-dbus on Debian 9.
What is libqt4-dbus
libqt4-dbus is:
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
The QtDBus module is a Unix-only library that you can use to make Inter-Process Communication using the D-Bus protocol.
Applications using the QtDBus module can provide services to other, remote applications by exporting objects, as well as use services exported by those applications by placing calls and accessing properties.
This package depends on qdbus and libqtdbus4 to break their circular dependency and allow easy updates from Squeeze to Wheezy.
There are three methods to install libqt4-dbus 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 libqt4-dbus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt4-dbus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqt4-dbus
Install libqt4-dbus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt4-dbus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqt4-dbus
Install libqt4-dbus 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 libqt4-dbus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqt4-dbus
How To Uninstall libqt4-dbus on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libqt4-dbus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqt4-dbus
Uninstall libqt4-dbus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqt4-dbus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt4-dbus
Remove libqt4-dbus Configurations and Data
To remove libqt4-dbus configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqt4-dbus
Remove libqt4-dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqt4-dbus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt4-dbus
Dependencies
libqt4-dbus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-dbus package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
