How To Install qt6-tools-dev-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt6-tools-dev-tools
on Debian 12.
What is qt6-tools-dev-tools
qt6-tools-dev-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 a set of applications to browse the documentation, translate applications, generate help files and other stuff that helps in Qt development. These tools are among others:
- pixeltool
- qdbusviewer
There are three methods to install qt6-tools-dev-tools
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qt6-tools-dev-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 qt6-tools-dev-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qt6-tools-dev-tools
Install qt6-tools-dev-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qt6-tools-dev-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qt6-tools-dev-tools
Install qt6-tools-dev-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qt6-tools-dev-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qt6-tools-dev-tools
How To Uninstall qt6-tools-dev-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the qt6-tools-dev-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qt6-tools-dev-tools
Uninstall qt6-tools-dev-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qt6-tools-dev-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qt6-tools-dev-tools
Remove qt6-tools-dev-tools Configurations and Data
To remove qt6-tools-dev-tools
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qt6-tools-dev-tools
Remove qt6-tools-dev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qt6-tools-dev-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qt6-tools-dev-tools
Dependencies
qt6-tools-dev-tools have the following dependencies:
- assistant-qt6
- designer-qt6
- linguist-qt6
- qdbus-qt6
- qt6-documentation-tools
- qt6-l10n-tools
- libc6
- libqt6core6
- libqt6dbus6
- libqt6gui6
- libqt6network6
- libqt6opengl6
- libqt6quick6
- libqt6widgets6
- libqt6xml6
- libstdc++6
- qt6-base-abi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qt6-tools-dev-tools
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.