How To Install libqtwebkit-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit-dev on Debian 9.
What is libqtwebkit-dev
libqtwebkit-dev is:
QtWebKit provides a Web browser engine that makes it easy to embed content from the World Wide Web into your Qt application.
This package contains the development files needed to build Qt 4 applications using QtWebKit library.
There are three methods to install libqtwebkit-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libqtwebkit-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 libqtwebkit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqtwebkit-dev
Install libqtwebkit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqtwebkit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqtwebkit-dev
Install libqtwebkit-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libqtwebkit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqtwebkit-dev
How To Uninstall libqtwebkit-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libqtwebkit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqtwebkit-dev
Uninstall libqtwebkit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqtwebkit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqtwebkit-dev
Remove libqtwebkit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libqtwebkit-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqtwebkit-dev
Remove libqtwebkit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqtwebkit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqtwebkit-dev
Dependencies
libqtwebkit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.