How To Install qttestability-autopilot on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install qttestability-autopilot on Ubuntu 18.04. qttestability-autopilot is make Qt applications introspectable by autopilot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qttestability-autopilot on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is qttestability-autopilot

qttestability-autopilot is:

autopilot-qt allows autopilot to test any existing Qt application, without having to rebuild the application under test.

This package provides the qttestability library, which requires the matching autopilot-qt4 or autopilot-qt5 driver package installed for the application under test.

There are three methods to install qttestability-autopilot on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qttestability-autopilot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qttestability-autopilot

Install qttestability-autopilot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qttestability-autopilot

Install qttestability-autopilot 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qttestability-autopilot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qttestability-autopilot

How To Uninstall qttestability-autopilot on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the qttestability-autopilot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qttestability-autopilot

Uninstall qttestability-autopilot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qttestability-autopilot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qttestability-autopilot

Remove qttestability-autopilot Configurations and Data

To remove qttestability-autopilot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qttestability-autopilot

Remove qttestability-autopilot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qttestability-autopilot

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qttestability-autopilot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.