How To Install sip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sip-dev
sip-dev is:
SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes with some ideas borrowed from SWIG, but capable of tighter bindings because of its specificity towards C++ and Python.
SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class libraries.
Features: - connecting Qt signals to Python functions and class methods - connecting Python signals to Qt slots - overloading virtual member functions with Python class methods - protected member functions - abstract classes - enumerated types - global class instances - static member functions.
This package contains the code generator tool needed to develop Python and Python 3 bindings with sip.
There are three methods to install sip-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 sip-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 sip-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sip-dev
Install sip-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sip-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sip-dev
Install sip-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 sip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sip-dev
How To Uninstall sip-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sip-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sip-dev
Uninstall sip-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sip-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sip-dev
Remove sip-dev Configurations and Data
To remove sip-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sip-dev
Remove sip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sip-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sip-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
