How To Install libkdl-parser-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser-dev on Debian 12.
What is libkdl-parser-dev
libkdl-parser-dev is:
The Kinematics and Dynamics Library (KDL) defines a tree structure to represent the kinematic and dynamic parameters of a robot mechanism. kdl_parser provides tools to construct a KDL tree from an XML robot representation in URDF.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install libkdl-parser-dev 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 libkdl-parser-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 libkdl-parser-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkdl-parser-dev
Install libkdl-parser-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkdl-parser-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkdl-parser-dev
Install libkdl-parser-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libkdl-parser-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkdl-parser-dev
How To Uninstall libkdl-parser-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libkdl-parser-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkdl-parser-dev
Uninstall libkdl-parser-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkdl-parser-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdl-parser-dev
Remove libkdl-parser-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkdl-parser-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkdl-parser-dev
Remove libkdl-parser-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkdl-parser-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkdl-parser-dev
Dependencies
libkdl-parser-dev have the following dependencies:
- libkdl-parser1d
- libroscpp-dev
- librosconsole-dev
- liburdf-dev
- ros-cmake-modules
- liborocos-kdl-dev
- libtinyxml2-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
