How To Install pyside-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyside-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pyside-tools
pyside-tools is:
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
PySide ships Python bindings for the Qt4 framework. This package ships the following accompanying tools:
- pyside-rcc - PySide resource compiler
- pyside-uic - Python User Interface Compiler for PySide
- pyside-lupdate - update Qt Linguist translation files for PySide
There are three methods to install pyside-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pyside-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 pyside-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pyside-tools
Install pyside-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pyside-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pyside-tools
Install pyside-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pyside-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pyside-tools
How To Uninstall pyside-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pyside-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pyside-tools
Uninstall pyside-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pyside-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyside-tools
Remove pyside-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pyside-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pyside-tools
Remove pyside-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pyside-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyside-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pyside-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
