How To Install libqwt5-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt5-doc on Debian 9. libqwt5-doc is Qt widgets library for technical applications (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt5-doc on Debian 9.

What is libqwt5-doc

libqwt5-doc is:

The Qwt library contains Qt GUI Components and utility classes which are primarily useful for programs with a technical background. Most of these widgets are used to control or display values, arrays, or ranges of type double.

This package contains the Qwt library documentation and programming examples for developers. The documentation is generated for Qt4.

There are three methods to install libqwt5-doc 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 libqwt5-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqwt5-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqwt5-doc

Install libqwt5-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqwt5-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqwt5-doc

Install libqwt5-doc 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 libqwt5-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqwt5-doc

How To Uninstall libqwt5-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libqwt5-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqwt5-doc

Uninstall libqwt5-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqwt5-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqwt5-doc

Remove libqwt5-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libqwt5-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqwt5-doc

Remove libqwt5-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqwt5-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqwt5-doc

Dependencies

libqwt5-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt5-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.