How To Install monkeystudio on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeystudio on Debian 9. monkeystudio is Qt 4 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Introduction

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

What is monkeystudio

monkeystudio is:

Monkey Studio is a crossplatform Qt 4 IDE. It is developed using the Qt library itself, meaning it will run on any platform supported by Qt 4. This allows you to work on the same project on multiple platforms using the same IDE. Monkey Studio uses the Qt Project file (.pro) to manage the project, and there are no extra files created.

Monkey Studio also features:

  • Advanced, customizable code editor, based on QScintilla
  • Syntax highlighting for more than 22 programming languages
  • Templates wizard - create files or projects from templates
  • Code restyling - quickly fix/update style of your code using AStyle
  • Qt Designer integration
  • Qt Assistant integration

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install monkeystudio

Install monkeystudio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install monkeystudio

Install monkeystudio 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 monkeystudio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monkeystudio

How To Uninstall monkeystudio on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove monkeystudio

Uninstall monkeystudio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monkeystudio

Remove monkeystudio Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge monkeystudio

Remove monkeystudio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monkeystudio

Dependencies

monkeystudio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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