How to Install libappstreamqt-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libappstreamqt-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libappstreamqt-dev software package provides Qt5 library to access AppStream services (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libappstreamqt-dev 

libappstreamqt-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libappstreamqt-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libappstreamqt-dev *

You will get with libappstreamqt-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libappstreamqt-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libappstreamqt-dev
Version 0.9.4-1
Description Qt5 library to access AppStream services (development files)
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libappstreamqt-dev software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?