How To Install libqtexengine-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqtexengine-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqtexengine-dev is Development files for the QTeXEngine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtexengine-dev on Debian 10.

What is libqtexengine-dev

libqtexengine-dev is:

QTeXEngine enables Qt based applications to easily export graphics created using the QPainter class to TeX. It is built on top of QPaintEngine and uses the TikZ/Pgf graphic systems for TeX.

This package contains the development and header files for the QTeXEngine library.

There are three methods to install libqtexengine-dev 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 libqtexengine-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 libqtexengine-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqtexengine-dev

Install libqtexengine-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libqtexengine-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libqtexengine-dev

How To Uninstall libqtexengine-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libqtexengine-dev

Uninstall libqtexengine-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqtexengine-dev

Remove libqtexengine-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libqtexengine-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libqtexengine-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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