How To Install qt5ct on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5ct
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is qt5ct
qt5ct is:
This utility allows users to configure Qt5 settings (theme, font, icons, etc.) under DE/WM without Qt integration.
Qt5ct will only be active on environments other than Plasma. Default configuration have switch to disable running on Plasma.
Qt5ct could use qt5 gtk theme, KDE breeze theme, the fusion theme, QtCurve theme and many more. Each style could be customized further by changing the color schema.
There are three methods to install qt5ct
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qt5ct Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qt5ct
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qt5ct
Install qt5ct Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qt5ct
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qt5ct
Install qt5ct 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 qt5ct
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qt5ct
How To Uninstall qt5ct on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the qt5ct
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qt5ct
Uninstall qt5ct And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qt5ct
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt5ct
Remove qt5ct Configurations and Data
To remove qt5ct
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qt5ct
Remove qt5ct configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qt5ct
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt5ct
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5ct
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.