How To Install gammaray-probe-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-probe-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04. gammaray-probe-qt4 is GammaRay support for inspecting Qt4 applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-probe-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gammaray-probe-qt4

gammaray-probe-qt4 is:

This package contains GammaRay probe libraries that have to be loaded into the application being inspected in order to allow GammaRay to examine its internals. The gammaray package already includes the probe binaries compiled for Qt5. Install this package if you want to use GammaRay with Qt4 applications.

There are three methods to install gammaray-probe-qt4 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-probe-qt4 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-probe-qt4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gammaray-probe-qt4

Install gammaray-probe-qt4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gammaray-probe-qt4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gammaray-probe-qt4

Install gammaray-probe-qt4 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-probe-qt4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gammaray-probe-qt4

How To Uninstall gammaray-probe-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gammaray-probe-qt4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gammaray-probe-qt4

Uninstall gammaray-probe-qt4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gammaray-probe-qt4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gammaray-probe-qt4

Remove gammaray-probe-qt4 Configurations and Data

To remove gammaray-probe-qt4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gammaray-probe-qt4

Remove gammaray-probe-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gammaray-probe-qt4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gammaray-probe-qt4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gammaray-probe-qt4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.