How To Install qt4-dev-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-dev-tools on Debian 10.
What is qt4-dev-tools
qt4-dev-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.
This package contains tools used to assist in Qt 4 development, including:
- assistant-qt4 – Qt Assistant
- lconvert – Convert and filter translation data files
- linguist-qt4 – Qt Linguist
- pixeltool – Pixel Tool
- qcollectiongenerator – Qt Collection Generator
- qdbusviewer – D-Bus Viewer
- qhelpconverter – Help Conversion Wizard
- qhelpgenerator – Qt Compressed Help Generator
- qmlplugindump – QML Plugin Dump application
- qvfb – Virtual Framebuffer
There are three methods to install qt4-dev-tools on Debian 10. 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-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 qt4-dev-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qt4-dev-tools
Install qt4-dev-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qt4-dev-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qt4-dev-tools
Install qt4-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 qt4-dev-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qt4-dev-tools
How To Uninstall qt4-dev-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the qt4-dev-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qt4-dev-tools
Uninstall qt4-dev-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qt4-dev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt4-dev-tools
Remove qt4-dev-tools Configurations and Data
To remove qt4-dev-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qt4-dev-tools
Remove qt4-dev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qt4-dev-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt4-dev-tools
Dependencies
qt4-dev-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-dev-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
