How To Install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Kali Linux.
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 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 qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginInstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginInstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin 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 qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginHow To Uninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginUninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginRemove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtvirtualkeyboard-pluginRemove 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-pluginDependencies
qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin have the following dependencies:
- qml-module-qtquick-virtualkeyboard
- libc6
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5hunspellinputmethod5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5virtualkeyboard5
- libstdc++6
- qtbase-abi-5-15-2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
