How To Install qt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt on CentOS 7. qt is Qt toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt on CentOS 7.

What is qt

Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network handling. Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. This package contains base tools, like string, xml, and network handling.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt.

Install qt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt

Install qt on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt

How To Uninstall qt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove qt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.