How To Install libqwt5-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt5-qt4
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libqwt5-qt4
libqwt5-qt4 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.
This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the Qwt library and Qt4.
There are three methods to install libqwt5-qt4
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 libqwt5-qt4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqwt5-qt4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqwt5-qt4
Install libqwt5-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqwt5-qt4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqwt5-qt4
Install libqwt5-qt4 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 libqwt5-qt4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqwt5-qt4
How To Uninstall libqwt5-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libqwt5-qt4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqwt5-qt4
Uninstall libqwt5-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqwt5-qt4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqwt5-qt4
Remove libqwt5-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove libqwt5-qt4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqwt5-qt4
Remove libqwt5-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqwt5-qt4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqwt5-qt4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqwt5-qt4
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.