How To Install qt4-designer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-designer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qt4-designer
qt4-designer is:
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
Qt Designer is a tool for designing and building graphical user interfaces (GUIs) from Qt components.
There are three methods to install qt4-designer 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 qt4-designer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qt4-designer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qt4-designer
Install qt4-designer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qt4-designer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qt4-designer
Install qt4-designer 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 qt4-designer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qt4-designer
How To Uninstall qt4-designer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qt4-designer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qt4-designer
Uninstall qt4-designer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qt4-designer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt4-designer
Remove qt4-designer Configurations and Data
To remove qt4-designer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qt4-designer
Remove qt4-designer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qt4-designer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt4-designer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-designer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
