How To Install qttools5-dev-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qttools5-dev-tools on Kali Linux.
What is qttools5-dev-tools
qttools5-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 a set of applications to browse the documentation, translate applications, generate help files and other stuff that helps in Qt development. These tools are among others:
- designer
- linguist
- pixeltool
- qdbusviewer
There are three methods to install qttools5-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 qttools5-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 qttools5-dev-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qttools5-dev-toolsInstall qttools5-dev-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qttools5-dev-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qttools5-dev-toolsInstall qttools5-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 qttools5-dev-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qttools5-dev-toolsHow To Uninstall qttools5-dev-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qttools5-dev-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qttools5-dev-toolsUninstall qttools5-dev-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qttools5-dev-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qttools5-dev-toolsRemove qttools5-dev-tools Configurations and Data
To remove qttools5-dev-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qttools5-dev-toolsRemove qttools5-dev-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qttools5-dev-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qttools5-dev-toolsDependencies
qttools5-dev-tools have the following dependencies:
- qdoc-qt5
- qhelpgenerator-qt5
- qt5-assistant
- qtattributionsscanner-qt5
- qtchooser
- libc6
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5designer5
- libqt5designercomponents5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5quick5
- libqt5quickwidgets5
- libqt5webkit5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libstdc++6
- qtbase-abi-5-15-2
- qtdeclarative-abi-5-15-2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qttools5-dev-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
