How To Install python-genpy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-genpy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-genpy is Python 2 Robot OS message and service generators

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genpy on Debian 10.

What is python-genpy

python-genpy is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). genpy is a Python program that generates ROS messages and service code for Python. It lets you generate the code for your program from plain text files.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

There are three methods to install python-genpy 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 python-genpy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-genpy

Install python-genpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-genpy

Install python-genpy 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 python-genpy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-genpy

How To Uninstall python-genpy on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-genpy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-genpy

Uninstall python-genpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-genpy

Remove python-genpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-genpy

Remove python-genpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-genpy

Dependencies

python-genpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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