How To Install libqt-color-widgets2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt-color-widgets2 on Debian 12.
What is libqt-color-widgets2
libqt-color-widgets2 is:
This is a color dialog that is more user-friendly than the default QColorDialog and several other color-related widgets
The provided widgets are:
- ColorWheel, An analog widget used to select a color
- ColorPreview, A simple widget that displays a color
- GradientSlider, A slider that has a gradient background
- HueSlider, A variant of GradientSlider that has a rainbow background
- ColorSelector, A ColorPreview that shows a ColorDialog when clicked
- ColorDialog, A dialog that uses the above widgets to provide a better user experience than QColorDialog
- ColorListWidget, A widget to edit a list of colors
- Swatch, A widget to display a color palette
- ColorPaletteWidget, A widget to use and manage a list of palettes
- Color2DSlider, An analog widget used to select 2 color components
- ColorLineEdit, A widget to manipulate a string representing a color
- HarmonyColorWheel, A ColorWheel which allows defining multiple colors, separated by hue
- GradientListModel, A QAbstractListModel used to list gradients (useful for combo boxes, list views and the like)
This package contains the run-time libraries
There are three methods to install libqt-color-widgets2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqt-color-widgets2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt-color-widgets2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqt-color-widgets2
Install libqt-color-widgets2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt-color-widgets2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqt-color-widgets2
Install libqt-color-widgets2 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 libqt-color-widgets2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqt-color-widgets2
How To Uninstall libqt-color-widgets2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libqt-color-widgets2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqt-color-widgets2
Uninstall libqt-color-widgets2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqt-color-widgets2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt-color-widgets2
Remove libqt-color-widgets2 Configurations and Data
To remove libqt-color-widgets2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqt-color-widgets2
Remove libqt-color-widgets2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqt-color-widgets2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt-color-widgets2
Dependencies
libqt-color-widgets2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt-color-widgets2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
