How To Install libignition-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install libignition-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libignition-common is Collection of useful code used by robotics apps - Shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libignition-common on Debian 10.

What is libignition-common

libignition-common is:

Ignition common is a component in the Ignition framework, a set of libraries designed to rapidly develop robot applications. A collection of useful classes and functions for handling many command tasks. This includes parsing 3D mesh files, managing console output, and using PID controllers.

This package gathers the shared library

There are three methods to install libignition-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libignition-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libignition-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libignition-common

Install libignition-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libignition-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libignition-common

Install libignition-common 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 libignition-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libignition-common

How To Uninstall libignition-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libignition-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libignition-common

Uninstall libignition-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libignition-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libignition-common

Remove libignition-common Configurations and Data

To remove libignition-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libignition-common

Remove libignition-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libignition-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libignition-common

Dependencies

libignition-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libignition-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.