How To Install libkdl-parser1d on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser1d on Ubuntu 22.04. libkdl-parser1d is ROS kdl_parser library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser1d on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libkdl-parser1d

libkdl-parser1d 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-parser1d on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libkdl-parser1d 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-parser1d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkdl-parser1d

Install libkdl-parser1d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkdl-parser1d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkdl-parser1d

Install libkdl-parser1d 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 libkdl-parser1d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkdl-parser1d

How To Uninstall libkdl-parser1d on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libkdl-parser1d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkdl-parser1d

Uninstall libkdl-parser1d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkdl-parser1d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkdl-parser1d

Remove libkdl-parser1d Configurations and Data

To remove libkdl-parser1d configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkdl-parser1d

Remove libkdl-parser1d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkdl-parser1d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkdl-parser1d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkdl-parser1d package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.