How To Install qlcplus on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qlcplus on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is qlcplus
qlcplus is:
Q Light Controller Plus is a software lighting desk for controlling DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners.
This project is a fork of the great QLC project written by Heikki Junnila that aims to continue the QLC development and to introduce new features. The primary goal is to bring QLC+ at the level of other lighting control commercial software.
There are three methods to install qlcplus on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qlcplus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qlcplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qlcplus
Install qlcplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qlcplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qlcplus
Install qlcplus 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 qlcplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qlcplus
How To Uninstall qlcplus on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the qlcplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qlcplus
Uninstall qlcplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qlcplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qlcplus
Remove qlcplus Configurations and Data
To remove qlcplus configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qlcplus
Remove qlcplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qlcplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qlcplus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qlcplus package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
