How To Install libnav-msgs-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnav-msgs-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnav-msgs-dev is Messages relating to Robot OS nav, C/C++ interface

Introduction

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

What is libnav-msgs-dev

libnav-msgs-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides the common messages used to interact with the ’nav’ https://wiki.ros.org/navigation stack.

This package contains the generated headers files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnav-msgs-dev

Install libnav-msgs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnav-msgs-dev

Install libnav-msgs-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 libnav-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnav-msgs-dev

How To Uninstall libnav-msgs-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libnav-msgs-dev

Uninstall libnav-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnav-msgs-dev

Remove libnav-msgs-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnav-msgs-dev

Remove libnav-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnav-msgs-dev

Dependencies

libnav-msgs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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