How To Install librosbag-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install librosbag-dev on Debian 9. librosbag-dev is Tools for recording from and playing back to Robot OS topics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librosbag-dev on Debian 9.

What is librosbag-dev

librosbag-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is the development files for the rosbag library, which provides APIs for reading/writing bags (ROS message stores) in C++ and Python.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librosbag-dev

Install librosbag-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librosbag-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librosbag-dev

How To Uninstall librosbag-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove librosbag-dev

Uninstall librosbag-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librosbag-dev

Remove librosbag-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librosbag-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librosbag-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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