How To Install qt5-quick-demos on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-quick-demos on Kali Linux.

What is qt5-quick-demos

qt5-quick-demos 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 demo applications developed using Qt Quick technologies: calqlatr, clocks, maroon, photosurface, rssnews, samegame, stocqt, tweetsearch.

There are three methods to install qt5-quick-demos 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 qt5-quick-demos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qt5-quick-demos using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qt5-quick-demos

Install qt5-quick-demos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qt5-quick-demos using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qt5-quick-demos

Install qt5-quick-demos 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 qt5-quick-demos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qt5-quick-demos

How To Uninstall qt5-quick-demos on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qt5-quick-demos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qt5-quick-demos

Uninstall qt5-quick-demos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qt5-quick-demos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt5-quick-demos

Remove qt5-quick-demos Configurations and Data

To remove qt5-quick-demos configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qt5-quick-demos

Remove qt5-quick-demos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qt5-quick-demos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt5-quick-demos

Dependencies

qt5-quick-demos have the following dependencies:

• qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel
• qml-module-qtqml-models2
• qml-module-qtquick-controls
• qml-module-qtquick-controls2
• qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
• qml-module-qtquick-layouts
• qml-module-qtquick-particles2
• qml-module-qtquick-window2
• qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel
• qml-module-qtquick2
• libc6
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5qml5
• libqt5quick5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• qt5-quick-demos website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-quick-demos package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.