How To Install liburdf0d on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburdf0d on Debian 9. liburdf0d is ROS urdf library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburdf0d on Debian 9.

What is liburdf0d

liburdf0d is:

This package contains a C++ parser for the Unified Robot Description Format (URDF), which is an XML format for representing a robot model. The code API of the parser has been through a review process and will remain backwards compatible in future releases.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install liburdf0d 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 liburdf0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liburdf0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liburdf0d

Install liburdf0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liburdf0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liburdf0d

Install liburdf0d 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 liburdf0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liburdf0d

How To Uninstall liburdf0d on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liburdf0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liburdf0d

Uninstall liburdf0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liburdf0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburdf0d

Remove liburdf0d Configurations and Data

To remove liburdf0d configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liburdf0d

Remove liburdf0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liburdf0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liburdf0d

Dependencies

liburdf0d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburdf0d package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.