How To Install liburdf-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install liburdf-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. liburdf-dev is Development files for ROS urdf library

Introduction

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

What is liburdf-dev

liburdf-dev is:

The Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) for the Robot Operating System (ROS) is an XML format for representing a robot model. This library provides a C++ parser for the URDF.

This package contains the development files for the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liburdf-dev

Install liburdf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liburdf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liburdf-dev

How To Uninstall liburdf-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove liburdf-dev

Uninstall liburdf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburdf-dev

Remove liburdf-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liburdf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liburdf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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