How To Install libqapt3-runtime on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqapt3-runtime
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libqapt3-runtime
libqapt3-runtime is:
LibQApt is a Qt wrapper around the libapt-pkg library as well as an APT implementation using libapt-pkg. The aim is to provide a sane API for package management to ease the development of package managers written in Qt and C++
This package contains the runtime components necessary for applications using the QApt library to run.
There are three methods to install libqapt3-runtime
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 libqapt3-runtime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqapt3-runtime
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqapt3-runtime
Install libqapt3-runtime Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqapt3-runtime
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqapt3-runtime
Install libqapt3-runtime 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 libqapt3-runtime
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqapt3-runtime
How To Uninstall libqapt3-runtime on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libqapt3-runtime
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqapt3-runtime
Uninstall libqapt3-runtime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqapt3-runtime
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqapt3-runtime
Remove libqapt3-runtime Configurations and Data
To remove libqapt3-runtime
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqapt3-runtime
Remove libqapt3-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqapt3-runtime
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqapt3-runtime
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqapt3-runtime
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.