How To Install libqwt-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt-headers on Kali Linux.

What is libqwt-headers

libqwt-headers is:

The Qwt library contains Qt GUI Components and utility classes which are primarily useful for programs with a technical background. Most of these widgets are used to control or display values, arrays, or ranges of type double.

Transitional dummy package, you can safely remove it.

There are three methods to install libqwt-headers 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 libqwt-headers Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqwt-headers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqwt-headers

Install libqwt-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqwt-headers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqwt-headers

Install libqwt-headers 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 libqwt-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqwt-headers

How To Uninstall libqwt-headers on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libqwt-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqwt-headers

Uninstall libqwt-headers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqwt-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqwt-headers

Remove libqwt-headers Configurations and Data

To remove libqwt-headers configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqwt-headers

Remove libqwt-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqwt-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqwt-headers

Dependencies

libqwt-headers have the following dependencies:

• libqwt-qt5-dev

References

• libqwt-headers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt-headers package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.