How To Install qt5-style-plugin-motif on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-style-plugin-motif on Kali Linux.

What is qt5-style-plugin-motif

qt5-style-plugin-motif 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 the Motif widget style.

There are three methods to install qt5-style-plugin-motif 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-style-plugin-motif 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-style-plugin-motif using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qt5-style-plugin-motif

Install qt5-style-plugin-motif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qt5-style-plugin-motif using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qt5-style-plugin-motif

Install qt5-style-plugin-motif 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-style-plugin-motif using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qt5-style-plugin-motif

How To Uninstall qt5-style-plugin-motif on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qt5-style-plugin-motif package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qt5-style-plugin-motif

Uninstall qt5-style-plugin-motif And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt5-style-plugin-motif

Remove qt5-style-plugin-motif Configurations and Data

To remove qt5-style-plugin-motif configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qt5-style-plugin-motif

Remove qt5-style-plugin-motif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt5-style-plugin-motif

Dependencies

qt5-style-plugin-motif have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• qt5-style-plugin-motif website

Summary

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