How To Install python-qt-binding on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-qt-binding on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-qt-binding
python-qt-binding is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides Python bindings for Qt. There are two providers: pyside and pyqt. PySide is released under the LGPL. PyQt is released under the GPL.
Both the bindings and tools to build bindings are included from each available provider. For PySide, it is called “Shiboken”. For PyQt, this is called “SIP”.
Also provided is adapter code to make the user’s Python code independent of which binding provider was actually used which makes it very easy to switch between these.
There are three methods to install python-qt-binding 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 python-qt-binding Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-qt-binding using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-qt-binding
Install python-qt-binding Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-qt-binding using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-qt-binding
Install python-qt-binding 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 python-qt-binding using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-qt-binding
How To Uninstall python-qt-binding on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-qt-binding package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-qt-binding
Uninstall python-qt-binding And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-qt-binding and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-qt-binding
Remove python-qt-binding Configurations and Data
To remove python-qt-binding configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-qt-binding
Remove python-qt-binding configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-qt-binding configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-qt-binding
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-qt-binding package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
