How To Install libqtwebkit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libqtwebkit-dev is Web content engine library for Qt - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqtwebkit-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.