How To Install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Debian 12.
What is qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin is:
The Qt Virtual Keyboard project provides an input framework and reference keyboard frontend for Qt 5 on Linux Desktop/X11, Windows Desktop, and Boot2Qt targets.
This package contains the virtual keyboard plugin.
There are three methods to install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
How To Uninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Uninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
Dependencies
qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin have the following dependencies:
- qml-module-qtquick-virtualkeyboard
- libc6
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5hunspellinputmethod5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5virtualkeyboard5
- libstdc++6
- qtbase-abi-5-15-8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.