How To Install photoqt 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 photoqt on Ubuntu.

What is `photoqt`

photoqt is:

This is a fast and highly configurable image viewer with a simple and nice interface.

There are three methods to install photoqt 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 photoqt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install photoqt

Install photoqt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install photoqt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install photoqt

Install photoqt 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 photoqt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install photoqt

How To Uninstall photoqt on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the photoqt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove photoqt

Uninstall photoqt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove photoqt

Remove photoqt Configurations and Data

To remove photoqt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge photoqt

Remove photoqt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge photoqt

Dependencies

photoqt have the following dependencies:

References

photoqt website

Summary

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