How To Install libqt4-sql-odbc on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqt4-sql-odbc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqt4-sql-odbc is Qt 4 ODBC database driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-sql-odbc on Debian 10.

What is libqt4-sql-odbc

libqt4-sql-odbc is:

This package contains the ODBC plugin for Qt 4.

Install it if you intend to use or write Qt programs that are to access an ODBC DB.

There are three methods to install libqt4-sql-odbc 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 libqt4-sql-odbc 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-sql-odbc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqt4-sql-odbc

Install libqt4-sql-odbc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqt4-sql-odbc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqt4-sql-odbc

Install libqt4-sql-odbc 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-sql-odbc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqt4-sql-odbc

How To Uninstall libqt4-sql-odbc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libqt4-sql-odbc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqt4-sql-odbc

Uninstall libqt4-sql-odbc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqt4-sql-odbc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt4-sql-odbc

Remove libqt4-sql-odbc Configurations and Data

To remove libqt4-sql-odbc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqt4-sql-odbc

Remove libqt4-sql-odbc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqt4-sql-odbc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt4-sql-odbc

Dependencies

libqt4-sql-odbc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt4-sql-odbc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.