How To Install software-properties-qt 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 software-properties-qt on Ubuntu.
What is software-properties-qt
software-properties-qt is:
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.
This package contains a Qt-based graphical interface.
There are three methods to install software-properties-qt 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 software-properties-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-qt
Install software-properties-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install software-properties-qt
Install software-properties-qt 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 software-properties-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install software-properties-qt
How To Uninstall software-properties-qt on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the software-properties-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove software-properties-qt
Uninstall software-properties-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall software-properties-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove software-properties-qt
Remove software-properties-qt Configurations and Data
To remove software-properties-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge software-properties-qt
Remove software-properties-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove software-properties-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge software-properties-qt
Dependencies
software-properties-qt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-qt package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.