How To Install qtwebengine5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebengine5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qtwebengine5-dev
qtwebengine5-dev is:
QtWebEngine provides a Web browser engine that makes it easy to embed content from the World Wide Web into your Qt application.
This package contains the development files needed to build Qt 5 applications using QtWebEngine library.
There are three methods to install qtwebengine5-dev 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 qtwebengine5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtwebengine5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtwebengine5-dev
Install qtwebengine5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtwebengine5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtwebengine5-dev
Install qtwebengine5-dev 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 qtwebengine5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtwebengine5-dev
How To Uninstall qtwebengine5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qtwebengine5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtwebengine5-dev
Uninstall qtwebengine5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtwebengine5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtwebengine5-dev
Remove qtwebengine5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove qtwebengine5-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtwebengine5-dev
Remove qtwebengine5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtwebengine5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtwebengine5-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtwebengine5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
