How To Install pyqt6-dev-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install pyqt6-dev-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pyqt6-dev-tools is development tools for PyQt6

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyqt6-dev-tools on Debian 12.

What is pyqt6-dev-tools

pyqt6-dev-tools is:

This package contains various support tools for PyQt6 developers:

  • a user interface compiler (pyuic6)
  • a translation string finder (pylupdate6)

There are three methods to install pyqt6-dev-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pyqt6-dev-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pyqt6-dev-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pyqt6-dev-tools

Install pyqt6-dev-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pyqt6-dev-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pyqt6-dev-tools

Install pyqt6-dev-tools 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 pyqt6-dev-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyqt6-dev-tools

How To Uninstall pyqt6-dev-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pyqt6-dev-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyqt6-dev-tools

Uninstall pyqt6-dev-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pyqt6-dev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyqt6-dev-tools

Remove pyqt6-dev-tools Configurations and Data

To remove pyqt6-dev-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyqt6-dev-tools

Remove pyqt6-dev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pyqt6-dev-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyqt6-dev-tools

Dependencies

pyqt6-dev-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyqt6-dev-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.