How To Install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector on Ubuntu 18.04. gammaray-plugin-quickinspector is GammaRay plugin for inspecting QtQuick2 applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

gammaray-plugin-quickinspector is:

This plugin provides the user with the following inspection and debugging facilities:

  • Tree view of all QQuickItems in the scene, marking invisible items and items having focus.
  • Object inspector allowing to see all the properties, inspect signal-slot connections, and directly invoke slots and Q_INVOKABLE methods.
  • Live-preview of the QtQuick scene inside the GammaRay window.
  • Qt Quick scene graph inspector.

There are three methods to install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector 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 gammaray-plugin-quickinspector Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

Install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

Install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector 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 gammaray-plugin-quickinspector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

How To Uninstall gammaray-plugin-quickinspector on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gammaray-plugin-quickinspector package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

Uninstall gammaray-plugin-quickinspector And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gammaray-plugin-quickinspector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

Remove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector Configurations and Data

To remove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

Remove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gammaray-plugin-quickinspector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gammaray-plugin-quickinspector

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-plugin-quickinspector package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.