How To Install colcon on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colcon on Debian 12.
What is colcon
colcon is:
This package is part of ROS 2, the Robot Operating System. colcon is a meta build tool to improve the workflow of building, testing and using multiple software packages. It is the recommended tool for ROS 2 to set up workspaces and build packages from source, but can also handle old ROS 1 workspaces.
This package installs the main colcon executable.
There are three methods to install colcon on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install colcon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colcon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colcon
Install colcon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colcon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colcon
Install colcon 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install colcon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colcon
How To Uninstall colcon on Debian 12
To uninstall only the colcon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colcon
Uninstall colcon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colcon
Remove colcon Configurations and Data
To remove colcon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colcon
Remove colcon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colcon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colcon
Dependencies
colcon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colcon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
