How To Install libsoqt4-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt4-dev on Debian 9. libsoqt4-dev is Qt4 GUI component toolkit for Inventor - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt4-dev on Debian 9.

What is libsoqt4-dev

libsoqt4-dev is:

SoQt is a Qt GUI component toolkit library for Coin, based on the API of the InventorXt GUI component toolkit. SoQt is also compatible with OpenInventor of SGI and TGS.

SoQt provides a class-hierarchy of viewer classes that ranges from a simple render canvas (the SoQtRenderArea), providing only the basic synchronization and device input conversion routines between Qt and Coin, up to 3 different full-featured viewer classes (SoQtExaminerViewer, SoQtPlaneViewer and SoQtFlyViewer) with input device handling logic and user interfaces to let the application programmer do Rapid Application Development.

This library is linked against Qt version 4.

There are three methods to install libsoqt4-dev 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 libsoqt4-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 libsoqt4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsoqt4-dev

Install libsoqt4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsoqt4-dev

Install libsoqt4-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 libsoqt4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsoqt4-dev

How To Uninstall libsoqt4-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libsoqt4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsoqt4-dev

Uninstall libsoqt4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsoqt4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoqt4-dev

Remove libsoqt4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsoqt4-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsoqt4-dev

Remove libsoqt4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsoqt4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoqt4-dev

Dependencies

libsoqt4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt4-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.