How To Install libqt5gui5 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt5gui5
on Kali Linux.
What is libqt5gui5
libqt5gui5 is:
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
The QtGui module extends QtCore with GUI functionality.
There are three methods to install libqt5gui5
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqt5gui5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt5gui5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqt5gui5
Install libqt5gui5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt5gui5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqt5gui5
Install libqt5gui5 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libqt5gui5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqt5gui5
How To Uninstall libqt5gui5 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libqt5gui5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqt5gui5
Uninstall libqt5gui5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqt5gui5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqt5gui5
Remove libqt5gui5 Configurations and Data
To remove libqt5gui5
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqt5gui5
Remove libqt5gui5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqt5gui5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqt5gui5
Dependencies
libqt5gui5 have the following dependencies:
- fontconfig
- libc6
- libdrm2
- libegl1
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgbm1
- libgcc-s1
- libgl1
- libglib2.0-0
- libharfbuzz0b
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqt5gui5
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.