How To Install qtwebchannel5-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-doc on Debian 9. qtwebchannel5-doc is Web communication library for Qt - Documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-doc on Debian 9.

What is qtwebchannel5-doc

qtwebchannel5-doc is:

Qt WebChannel enables peer-to-peer communication between the host (QML/C++ application) and the client (HTML/JavaScript application). The transport mechanism is supported out of the box by the two popular web engines, Qt WebKit 2 and Qt WebEngine (experimental).

This package contains the documentation for QtWebChannel.

There are three methods to install qtwebchannel5-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qtwebchannel5-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qtwebchannel5-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtwebchannel5-doc

Install qtwebchannel5-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qtwebchannel5-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qtwebchannel5-doc

Install qtwebchannel5-doc 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 qtwebchannel5-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qtwebchannel5-doc

How To Uninstall qtwebchannel5-doc on Debian 9

To uninstall only the qtwebchannel5-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qtwebchannel5-doc

Uninstall qtwebchannel5-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtwebchannel5-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtwebchannel5-doc

Remove qtwebchannel5-doc Configurations and Data

To remove qtwebchannel5-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtwebchannel5-doc

Remove qtwebchannel5-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qtwebchannel5-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtwebchannel5-doc

Dependencies

qtwebchannel5-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.