Since I'm using Qt5 I want to uninstall all the qt4 libs. I tried it with the following command
sudo apt-get remove libqt4-*
which attempts to remove all the qt4 libs but in addition it wants to remove texlive
and vlc
which I don't want to be uninstalled.
Is there a way to keep those two packages? I found apt-mark hold
but then they wouldn't be updated, too, so that doesn't suit for me.
Best Answer
Those packages still use
qt4
that is why they want to be removed, they depend on it.There are many packages that still use
qt4
for there interface, just becauseqt5
is available, it does not makeqt4
obsolete, you can have both without issue.I would recommend you keep
qt4
as you may face issues with other applications that useqt4
and notqt5
down the line.Why do some packages still use
qt4
?It is a lot of work to update your interface to a new language, as Ubuntu can support both versions at the same time and the difference to the end user is minimal, it is simply not a priority to update it with such a superficial update.