How To Install autopilot-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04. autopilot-qt4 is make Qt applications introspectable by autopilot - Qt4 plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is autopilot-qt4

autopilot-qt4 is:

autopilot-qt allows autopilot to test any existing Qt application, without having to rebuild the application under test.

This package provides the driver used for packages built against Qt4.

There are three methods to install autopilot-qt4 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 autopilot-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 autopilot-qt4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install autopilot-qt4

Install autopilot-qt4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install autopilot-qt4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install autopilot-qt4

Install autopilot-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install autopilot-qt4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autopilot-qt4

How To Uninstall autopilot-qt4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the autopilot-qt4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove autopilot-qt4

Uninstall autopilot-qt4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall autopilot-qt4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autopilot-qt4

Remove autopilot-qt4 Configurations and Data

To remove autopilot-qt4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge autopilot-qt4

Remove autopilot-qt4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove autopilot-qt4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autopilot-qt4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-qt4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.