How To Install qtwebchannel5-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. qtwebchannel5-examples is Web communication library for Qt - Examples

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is qtwebchannel5-examples

qtwebchannel5-examples 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 examples for Qt’s WebChannel submodule. Be sure to read README.Debian before trying to run them.

There are three methods to install qtwebchannel5-examples 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 qtwebchannel5-examples 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-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qtwebchannel5-examples

Install qtwebchannel5-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qtwebchannel5-examples

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

sudo aptitude -y install qtwebchannel5-examples

How To Uninstall qtwebchannel5-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove qtwebchannel5-examples

Uninstall qtwebchannel5-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qtwebchannel5-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtwebchannel5-examples

Remove qtwebchannel5-examples Configurations and Data

To remove qtwebchannel5-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qtwebchannel5-examples

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebchannel5-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.