How to Install and Uninstall libqt5widgets5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libqt5widgets5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libqt5widgets5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libqt5widgets5" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libqt5widgets5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libqt5widgets5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libqt5widgets5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.7
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: qtbase-opensource-src
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7232
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.5.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.5.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, qtbase-abi-5-5-1
Filename: pool/main/q/qtbase-opensource-src/libqt5widgets5_5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7.7_amd64.deb
Size: 2251342
MD5sum: dabfec8a0512a9cb1338c3ed64ff878b
SHA1: 256dc3ecc8acae66b31eb9513c4fe6c9d1ce477f
SHA256: 6f7015a0ffb8ae18ddd6e4c4e0f394c98c154b471076cc397b81bef68474c6e0
SHA512: 0811d7d7b47488f1d191c6d96b6e107fde97e6b1263fdea29f8a215ad6e5ce50be35c0d0f5b8945a85c21de0f66626296dd24b5731e59c8f9f410f25d8fa0341
Homepage: http://qt-project.org/
Description-en: Qt 5 widgets module
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature
is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
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The QtWidgets module extends QtGui with C++ widget functionality.
Description-md5: d3e73eff3b63455d65d61db3b685f693
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: libqt5widgets5
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 7231
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: qtbase-opensource-src
Version: 5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.5.0), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.5.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.5.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, qtbase-abi-5-5-1
Filename: pool/main/q/qtbase-opensource-src/libqt5widgets5_5.5.1+dfsg-16ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 2252448
MD5sum: 88fd134579ec23a015d1e523620220e1
SHA1: 0ea68bae82607017e0ef2cc8d2a58faa69c28cdd
SHA256: f75a9b0c9f87a8df776ca8b6477ba8b6e9ce38b061af5c3c20809d2c81c0ed43
Description-en: Qt 5 widgets module
Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature
is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.
.
The QtWidgets module extends QtGui with C++ widget functionality.
Description-md5: d3e73eff3b63455d65d61db3b685f693
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://qt-project.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop