How To Install joint-state-publisher-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher-gui on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is joint-state-publisher-gui
joint-state-publisher-gui is:
This package contains a tool for setting and publishing joint state values for a given URDF. It publishes sensor_msgs/JointState messages for a robot. The package reads the robot_description parameter, finds all of the non-fixed joints and publishes a JointState message with all those joints defined.
It can be used in conjunction with the robot_state_publisher node to also publish transforms for all joint states.
This package contains the Qt GUI
There are three methods to install joint-state-publisher-gui on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install joint-state-publisher-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install joint-state-publisher-gui
Install joint-state-publisher-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install joint-state-publisher-gui
Install joint-state-publisher-gui 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install joint-state-publisher-gui
How To Uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the joint-state-publisher-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove joint-state-publisher-gui
Uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove joint-state-publisher-gui
Remove joint-state-publisher-gui Configurations and Data
To remove joint-state-publisher-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge joint-state-publisher-gui
Remove joint-state-publisher-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove joint-state-publisher-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joint-state-publisher-gui
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher-gui package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
