How To Install qtmultimedia5-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtmultimedia5-dev on Kali Linux.
What is qtmultimedia5-dev
qtmultimedia5-dev 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 files needed to build Qt applications using Qt Multimedia libraries.
There are three methods to install qtmultimedia5-dev 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 qtmultimedia5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtmultimedia5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtmultimedia5-devInstall qtmultimedia5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtmultimedia5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtmultimedia5-devInstall qtmultimedia5-dev 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 qtmultimedia5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtmultimedia5-devHow To Uninstall qtmultimedia5-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qtmultimedia5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtmultimedia5-devUninstall qtmultimedia5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtmultimedia5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtmultimedia5-devRemove qtmultimedia5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove qtmultimedia5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtmultimedia5-devRemove qtmultimedia5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtmultimedia5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtmultimedia5-devDependencies
qtmultimedia5-dev have the following dependencies:
- libglib2.0-dev
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5multimediagsttools5
- libqt5multimediaquick5
- libqt5multimediawidgets5
- qtbase5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtmultimedia5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.