How To Install pluginlib-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install pluginlib-dev on Debian 9. pluginlib-dev is ROS library for plugins

Introduction

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

What is pluginlib-dev

pluginlib-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This is the high-level ROS plugin interface. It provides tools for writing and dynamically loading plugins using the ROS build infrastructure. To work, these tools require plugin providers to register their plugins in their package.xml file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pluginlib-dev

Install pluginlib-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pluginlib-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install pluginlib-dev

How To Uninstall pluginlib-dev on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove pluginlib-dev

Uninstall pluginlib-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pluginlib-dev

Remove pluginlib-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pluginlib-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

pluginlib-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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