How To Install qt5-assistant on Debian 10

Learn how to install qt5-assistant on Debian 10 with this tutorial. qt5-assistant is Qt 5 Assistant

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-assistant on Debian 10.

What is qt5-assistant

qt5-assistant 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 Assistant is a tool for viewing on-line documentation in Qt help file format.

There are three methods to install qt5-assistant 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 qt5-assistant Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qt5-assistant using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qt5-assistant

Install qt5-assistant Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qt5-assistant using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qt5-assistant

Install qt5-assistant 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 qt5-assistant using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qt5-assistant

How To Uninstall qt5-assistant on Debian 10

To uninstall only the qt5-assistant package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qt5-assistant

Uninstall qt5-assistant And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qt5-assistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt5-assistant

Remove qt5-assistant Configurations and Data

To remove qt5-assistant configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qt5-assistant

Remove qt5-assistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qt5-assistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt5-assistant

Dependencies

qt5-assistant have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-assistant package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.