How To Install qtbase5-dev-tools on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtbase5-dev-tools on Debian 9.

What is qtbase5-dev-tools

qtbase5-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 the development programs used for building Qt 5 applications, such as moc, qdbuscpp2xml, qdbusxml2cpp, rcc, syncqt and uic.

There are three methods to install qtbase5-dev-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qtbase5-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 qtbase5-dev-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtbase5-dev-tools

Install qtbase5-dev-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtbase5-dev-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtbase5-dev-tools

Install qtbase5-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 qtbase5-dev-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtbase5-dev-tools

How To Uninstall qtbase5-dev-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the qtbase5-dev-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtbase5-dev-tools

Uninstall qtbase5-dev-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtbase5-dev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtbase5-dev-tools

Remove qtbase5-dev-tools Configurations and Data

To remove qtbase5-dev-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtbase5-dev-tools

Remove qtbase5-dev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtbase5-dev-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtbase5-dev-tools

Dependencies

qtbase5-dev-tools have the following dependencies:

• qtchooser
• perl

References

• qtbase5-dev-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtbase5-dev-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.