How To Install ignition-transport-cli on Debian 12

Learn how to install ignition-transport-cli on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ignition-transport-cli is Ignition Robotics transport Library - CLI tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition-transport-cli on Debian 12.

What is ignition-transport-cli

ignition-transport-cli is:

Ignition transport library combines ZeroMQ with Protobufs to create a fast and efficient message passing system. Asynchronous message publication and subscription is provided along with service calls and discovery.

Ignition Robotics is a set of simple libraries that provide useful functionality to bootstrap robot applications. The included libraries encapsulate all the essentials, such as common math data types, console logging, 3D mesh management, and asynchronous message passing.

The package ships the ignition transport client tools

There are three methods to install ignition-transport-cli 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 ignition-transport-cli Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ignition-transport-cli using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ignition-transport-cli

Install ignition-transport-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ignition-transport-cli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ignition-transport-cli

Install ignition-transport-cli 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 ignition-transport-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ignition-transport-cli

How To Uninstall ignition-transport-cli on Debian 12

To uninstall only the ignition-transport-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ignition-transport-cli

Uninstall ignition-transport-cli And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ignition-transport-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ignition-transport-cli

Remove ignition-transport-cli Configurations and Data

To remove ignition-transport-cli configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ignition-transport-cli

Remove ignition-transport-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ignition-transport-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ignition-transport-cli

Dependencies

ignition-transport-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition-transport-cli package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.