How To Install libqt4-phonon on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-phonon on Debian 9.
What is libqt4-phonon
libqt4-phonon 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 Qt Phonon module provides a cross-platform multimedia framework that enables the use of audio and video content in Qt applications.
The sole purpose of this package to provide Phonon libraries until libphonon4 is built from the phonon source package. Therefore it’s only useful when bootstraping new architectures or rebuilding the whole archive from scratch.
There are three methods to install libqt4-phonon 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-phonon 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-phonon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqt4-phonon
Install libqt4-phonon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt4-phonon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqt4-phonon
Install libqt4-phonon 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-phonon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqt4-phonon
How To Uninstall libqt4-phonon on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libqt4-phonon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqt4-phonon
Uninstall libqt4-phonon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqt4-phonon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt4-phonon
Remove libqt4-phonon Configurations and Data
To remove libqt4-phonon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqt4-phonon
Remove libqt4-phonon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqt4-phonon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt4-phonon
Dependencies
libqt4-phonon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-phonon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
