How To Install libsoqt520 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt520 on Kali Linux.

What is libsoqt520

libsoqt520 is:

SoQt is a Qt GUI component toolkit library for Coin, based on the API of the InventorXt GUI component toolkit. SoQt is also compatible with OpenInventor of SGI and TGS.

This library is linked against Qt version 5.

There are three methods to install libsoqt520 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 libsoqt520 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt520 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsoqt520

Install libsoqt520 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsoqt520 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsoqt520

Install libsoqt520 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 libsoqt520 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsoqt520

How To Uninstall libsoqt520 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsoqt520 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsoqt520

Uninstall libsoqt520 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsoqt520 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoqt520

Remove libsoqt520 Configurations and Data

To remove libsoqt520 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsoqt520

Remove libsoqt520 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsoqt520 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoqt520

Dependencies

libsoqt520 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcoin80c
• libgcc-s1
• libopengl0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5opengl5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6
• libxi6

References

• libsoqt520 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoqt520 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.