How To Install libqtwebkit4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit4 on Debian 9. libqtwebkit4 is Web content engine library for Qt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit4 on Debian 9.

What is libqtwebkit4

libqtwebkit4 is:

QtWebKit provides a Web browser engine that makes it easy to embed content from the World Wide Web into your Qt application.

There are three methods to install libqtwebkit4 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 libqtwebkit4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqtwebkit4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqtwebkit4

Install libqtwebkit4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqtwebkit4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqtwebkit4

Install libqtwebkit4 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 libqtwebkit4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqtwebkit4

How To Uninstall libqtwebkit4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libqtwebkit4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqtwebkit4

Uninstall libqtwebkit4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqtwebkit4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqtwebkit4

Remove libqtwebkit4 Configurations and Data

To remove libqtwebkit4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqtwebkit4

Remove libqtwebkit4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqtwebkit4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqtwebkit4

Dependencies

libqtwebkit4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.