How To Install qt4-linguist-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-linguist-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. qt4-linguist-tools is Qt 4 Linguist tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-linguist-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is qt4-linguist-tools

qt4-linguist-tools is:

Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.

This package contains lupdate and lrelease. lupdate is a command line tool that finds the translatable strings in the specified source, header and Qt Designer interface files, and produces or updates .ts translation files. lrelease is a command line tool that produces QM files out of TS files.

There are three methods to install qt4-linguist-tools 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 qt4-linguist-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qt4-linguist-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qt4-linguist-tools

Install qt4-linguist-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qt4-linguist-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qt4-linguist-tools

Install qt4-linguist-tools 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 qt4-linguist-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qt4-linguist-tools

How To Uninstall qt4-linguist-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the qt4-linguist-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qt4-linguist-tools

Uninstall qt4-linguist-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qt4-linguist-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt4-linguist-tools

Remove qt4-linguist-tools Configurations and Data

To remove qt4-linguist-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qt4-linguist-tools

Remove qt4-linguist-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qt4-linguist-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt4-linguist-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt4-linguist-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.