How To Install qtscript-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtscript-tools on Debian 9.
What is qtscript-tools
qtscript-tools is:
This package contains QtScript Generator and a simple helper program which can be used to launch scripts from the command line.
QtScript Generator is a tool that generates Qt bindings for QtScript. With the generated bindings you get access to substantial portions of the Qt API from within QtScript. The binary has been renamed to ‘qs_generator’ in this package.
qs_eval is a simple script interpreter / launcher that imports all the bindings. You can use it to run examples found in the libqtscript4-doc package.
There are three methods to install qtscript-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qtscript-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 qtscript-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtscript-tools
Install qtscript-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtscript-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtscript-tools
Install qtscript-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 qtscript-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtscript-tools
How To Uninstall qtscript-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qtscript-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtscript-tools
Uninstall qtscript-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtscript-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtscript-tools
Remove qtscript-tools Configurations and Data
To remove qtscript-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtscript-tools
Remove qtscript-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtscript-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtscript-tools
Dependencies
qtscript-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtscript-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
