How To Install ruby-qt4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-qt4
on Debian 9.
What is ruby-qt4
ruby-qt4 is:
This package provides the Ruby bindings for some of the Qt 4 modules:
- QtCore
- QtDBus
- QtGui
- QtNetwork
- QtXml
This is part of the Qt Ruby module.
There are three methods to install ruby-qt4
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 ruby-qt4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-qt4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-qt4
Install ruby-qt4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-qt4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-qt4
Install ruby-qt4 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 ruby-qt4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-qt4
How To Uninstall ruby-qt4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-qt4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-qt4
Uninstall ruby-qt4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-qt4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-qt4
Remove ruby-qt4 Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-qt4
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-qt4
Remove ruby-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-qt4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-qt4
Dependencies
ruby-qt4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-qt4
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.