How To Install libroscpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libroscpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04. libroscpp2d is Robot OS client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libroscpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libroscpp2d

libroscpp2d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). roscpp is a C++ implementation of ROS. It provides a client library that enables C++ programmers to quickly interface with ROS topics, services, and parameters.

roscpp is the most widely used ROS client library and is designed to be the high-performance library for ROS. ROS console output library.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libroscpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libroscpp2d Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libroscpp2d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libroscpp2d

Install libroscpp2d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libroscpp2d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libroscpp2d

Install libroscpp2d 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 libroscpp2d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libroscpp2d

How To Uninstall libroscpp2d on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libroscpp2d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libroscpp2d

Uninstall libroscpp2d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libroscpp2d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libroscpp2d

Remove libroscpp2d Configurations and Data

To remove libroscpp2d configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libroscpp2d

Remove libroscpp2d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libroscpp2d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libroscpp2d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libroscpp2d package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.