How To Install libmrpt-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmrpt-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmrpt-dev is Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit - Development headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmrpt-dev on Debian 10.

What is libmrpt-dev

libmrpt-dev is:

The Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT) is an extensive, cross-platform, and open source C++ library aimed to help robotics researchers to design and implement algorithms in the fields of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM, Graph-SLAM, Bundle Adjustment), computer vision, and motion planning (obstacle avoidance).

This package provides the MRPT headers and libraries for development.

There are three methods to install libmrpt-dev 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 libmrpt-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 libmrpt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmrpt-dev

Install libmrpt-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmrpt-dev

Install libmrpt-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 libmrpt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmrpt-dev

How To Uninstall libmrpt-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmrpt-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmrpt-dev

Uninstall libmrpt-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmrpt-dev

Remove libmrpt-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmrpt-dev

Remove libmrpt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmrpt-dev

Dependencies

libmrpt-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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