How To Install python-genpy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genpy on Debian 9.
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.
There are three methods to install python-genpy 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
