How To Install libqt5webchannel5-dev on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt5webchannel5-dev on Debian 11. libqt5webchannel5-dev is Web communication library for Qt - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt5webchannel5-dev on Debian 11.

What is libqt5webchannel5-dev

libqt5webchannel5-dev is:

Qt WebChannel enables peer-to-peer communication between the host (QML/C++ application) and the client (HTML/JavaScript application). The transport mechanism is supported out of the box by the two popular web engines, Qt WebKit 2 and Qt WebEngine.

This package contains the development files needed to build Qt 5 applications using the QtWebChannel library.

There are three methods to install libqt5webchannel5-dev on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libqt5webchannel5-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 libqt5webchannel5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqt5webchannel5-dev

Install libqt5webchannel5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqt5webchannel5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqt5webchannel5-dev

Install libqt5webchannel5-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 libqt5webchannel5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqt5webchannel5-dev

How To Uninstall libqt5webchannel5-dev on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libqt5webchannel5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqt5webchannel5-dev

Uninstall libqt5webchannel5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqt5webchannel5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt5webchannel5-dev

Remove libqt5webchannel5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libqt5webchannel5-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqt5webchannel5-dev

Remove libqt5webchannel5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqt5webchannel5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt5webchannel5-dev

Dependencies

libqt5webchannel5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt5webchannel5-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.