How To Install qtchooser on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtchooser on Kali Linux.

What is qtchooser

qtchooser is:

Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt’s primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.

The Qt Chooser provides a wrapper to switch between versions of Qt development binaries when multiple versions like 4 and 5 are installed or local Qt builds are to be used.

There are three methods to install qtchooser 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 qtchooser Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qtchooser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtchooser

Install qtchooser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtchooser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtchooser

Install qtchooser 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 qtchooser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtchooser

How To Uninstall qtchooser on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qtchooser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtchooser

Uninstall qtchooser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtchooser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtchooser

Remove qtchooser Configurations and Data

To remove qtchooser configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtchooser

Remove qtchooser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtchooser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtchooser

Dependencies

qtchooser have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• qtchooser website

Summary

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