How To Install lxqt-qtplugin on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxqt-qtplugin on Ubuntu.

What is `lxqt-qtplugin`

lxqt-qtplugin is:

With this plugin, all Qt-based programs can adopt settings of LXQt, such as the icon theme.

This package provides the LXQt qtplugin interface.

There are three methods to install lxqt-qtplugin on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lxqt-qtplugin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lxqt-qtplugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lxqt-qtplugin

Install lxqt-qtplugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxqt-qtplugin

Install lxqt-qtplugin 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 lxqt-qtplugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxqt-qtplugin

How To Uninstall lxqt-qtplugin on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the lxqt-qtplugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxqt-qtplugin

Uninstall lxqt-qtplugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxqt-qtplugin

Remove lxqt-qtplugin Configurations and Data

To remove lxqt-qtplugin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxqt-qtplugin

Remove lxqt-qtplugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxqt-qtplugin

Dependencies

lxqt-qtplugin have the following dependencies:

References

lxqt-qtplugin website

Summary

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