How To Install qtbase5-dev-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtbase5-dev-tools on Kali Linux.
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.
We do not recommend depending on this package directly. Please depend on qtbase5-dev instead.
There are three methods to install qtbase5-dev-tools 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 qtbase5-dev-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtbase5-dev-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtbase5-dev-toolsInstall qtbase5-dev-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtbase5-dev-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtbase5-dev-toolsInstall qtbase5-dev-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtbase5-dev-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtbase5-dev-toolsHow To Uninstall qtbase5-dev-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qtbase5-dev-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtbase5-dev-toolsUninstall qtbase5-dev-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtbase5-dev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtbase5-dev-toolsRemove qtbase5-dev-tools Configurations and Data
To remove qtbase5-dev-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtbase5-dev-toolsRemove 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-toolsDependencies
qtbase5-dev-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtbase5-dev-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
