How To Install autopilot-qt5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-qt5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is autopilot-qt5
autopilot-qt5 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 Qt5.
There are three methods to install autopilot-qt5 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-qt5 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-qt5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autopilot-qt5
Install autopilot-qt5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autopilot-qt5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autopilot-qt5
Install autopilot-qt5 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-qt5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autopilot-qt5
How To Uninstall autopilot-qt5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the autopilot-qt5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autopilot-qt5
Uninstall autopilot-qt5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autopilot-qt5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autopilot-qt5
Remove autopilot-qt5 Configurations and Data
To remove autopilot-qt5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autopilot-qt5
Remove autopilot-qt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autopilot-qt5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autopilot-qt5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopilot-qt5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
