How To Install qlcplus 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 qlcplus on Ubuntu.

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. 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

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, 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 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

Dependencies

qlcplus have the following dependencies:

References

qlcplus website

Summary

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