How To Install python-liblcm on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-liblcm on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-liblcm is Lightweight Communications and Marshalling

Introduction

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

What is python-liblcm

python-liblcm is:

LCM is a set of libraries and tools for message passing and data marshalling, targeted at real-time systems where high-bandwidth and low latency are critical. It provides a publish/subscribe message passing model and automatic marshalling/unmarshalling code generation with bindings for applications in a variety of programming languages.

This package provides the python interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-liblcm

Install python-liblcm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-liblcm

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-liblcm

How To Uninstall python-liblcm on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-liblcm

Uninstall python-liblcm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-liblcm

Remove python-liblcm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-liblcm

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-liblcm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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