How To Install libkdl-parser0d on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser0d on Debian 9. libkdl-parser0d is ROS kdl_parser library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser0d on Debian 9.

What is libkdl-parser0d

libkdl-parser0d 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 library.

There are three methods to install libkdl-parser0d on Debian 9. 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-parser0d 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-parser0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkdl-parser0d

Install libkdl-parser0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkdl-parser0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkdl-parser0d

Install libkdl-parser0d 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-parser0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkdl-parser0d

How To Uninstall libkdl-parser0d on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libkdl-parser0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkdl-parser0d

Uninstall libkdl-parser0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkdl-parser0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdl-parser0d

Remove libkdl-parser0d Configurations and Data

To remove libkdl-parser0d configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkdl-parser0d

Remove libkdl-parser0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkdl-parser0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkdl-parser0d

Dependencies

libkdl-parser0d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser0d package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.