How To Install litecoin-qt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install litecoin-qt on Debian 11.
What is litecoin-qt
litecoin-qt is:
Litecoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin.
By default connects to an IRC network to discover other peers.
Full transaction history is stored locally at each client. This requires 5+ GB of space, slowly growing.
This package provides Litecoin-Qt, a GUI for Litecoin based on Qt.
There are three methods to install litecoin-qt 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 litecoin-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install litecoin-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install litecoin-qt
Install litecoin-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install litecoin-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install litecoin-qt
Install litecoin-qt 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 litecoin-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install litecoin-qt
How To Uninstall litecoin-qt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the litecoin-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove litecoin-qt
Uninstall litecoin-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall litecoin-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove litecoin-qt
Remove litecoin-qt Configurations and Data
To remove litecoin-qt configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge litecoin-qt
Remove litecoin-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove litecoin-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge litecoin-qt
Dependencies
litecoin-qt have the following dependencies:
- libboost-chrono1.74.0
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libdb5.3++
- libevent-2.1-7
- libevent-pthreads-2.1-7
- libgcc-s1
- libleveldb1d
- libminiupnpc17
- libprotobuf23
- libqrencode4
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5widgets5
- libssl1.1
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install litecoin-qt package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
