How to Install and Uninstall pyqt5-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "pyqt5-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install pyqt5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pyqt5-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pyqt5-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pyqt5-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                pyqt5-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pyqt5-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: pyqt5-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 5.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: pyqt5
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3200
Depends: python3-sip-dev | python-sip-dev
Filename: pool/universe/p/pyqt5/pyqt5-dev_5.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 300128
MD5sum: c8935a437d0258cfb347bf04f2b1c68c
SHA1: 12f383f4220212d62788bfff8229e08f87cc1092
SHA256: 85869ed501856947ce9070fb3eef0b3ec17cb1bc9b8592c6f8e4029d73463692
Homepage: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/
Description: Development files for PyQt5
Description-md5: f8cbcee0368d34a312a8917b96b1992d
Supported: 3y