How To Install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekitqt5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpackagekitqt5-dev
libpackagekitqt5-dev is:
PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
This package provides the header files for PackageKit-Qt.
There are three methods to install libpackagekitqt5-dev 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 libpackagekitqt5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekitqt5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev
Install libpackagekitqt5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackagekitqt5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev
Install libpackagekitqt5-dev 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 libpackagekitqt5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpackagekitqt5-dev
How To Uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpackagekitqt5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpackagekitqt5-dev
Uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpackagekitqt5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackagekitqt5-dev
Remove libpackagekitqt5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpackagekitqt5-dev
Remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpackagekitqt5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackagekitqt5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackagekitqt5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
