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