How To Install python-polled-camera on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-polled-camera on Ubuntu 18.04. python-polled-camera is Robot OS polled_camera package - Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-polled-camera on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-polled-camera

python-polled-camera is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains a Python package for implementing a polled camera driver node and requesting images from it. The package is currently for internal use as the API is still under development.

There are three methods to install python-polled-camera on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-polled-camera 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-polled-camera using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-polled-camera

Install python-polled-camera Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-polled-camera

Install python-polled-camera 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-polled-camera

How To Uninstall python-polled-camera on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-polled-camera

Uninstall python-polled-camera And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-polled-camera and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-polled-camera

Remove python-polled-camera Configurations and Data

To remove python-polled-camera configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-polled-camera

Remove python-polled-camera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-polled-camera

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-polled-camera package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.