How To Install libgazebo9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgazebo9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgazebo9-dev
libgazebo9-dev is:
Gazebo is a multi-robot simulator for outdoor environments. Like Stage (part of the Player project), it is capable of simulating a population of robots, sensors and objects, but does so in a three-dimensional world. It generates both realistic sensor feedback and physically plausible interactions between objects (it includes an accurate simulation of rigid-body physics).
This package contains development files (headers, shared library symbolic link and pkg-config file).
There are three methods to install libgazebo9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgazebo9-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgazebo9-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgazebo9-dev
Install libgazebo9-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgazebo9-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgazebo9-dev
Install libgazebo9-dev 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 libgazebo9-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgazebo9-dev
How To Uninstall libgazebo9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgazebo9-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgazebo9-dev
Uninstall libgazebo9-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgazebo9-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgazebo9-dev
Remove libgazebo9-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgazebo9-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgazebo9-dev
Remove libgazebo9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgazebo9-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgazebo9-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgazebo9-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
