How To Install python-resource-retriever on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-resource-retriever on Debian 9.
What is python-resource-retriever
python-resource-retriever is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It retrieves data from url-format files such as http://, ftp://, package:// file://, etc., and loads the data into memory. The package:// url for ros packages is translated into a local file:// url. The resource retriever was initially designed to load mesh files into memory, but it can be used for any type of data. The resource retriever is based on the libcurl library.
This package contains the Python binding.
There are three methods to install python-resource-retriever 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-resource-retriever 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-resource-retriever using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-resource-retriever
Install python-resource-retriever Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-resource-retriever using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-resource-retriever
Install python-resource-retriever 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-resource-retriever using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-resource-retriever
How To Uninstall python-resource-retriever on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-resource-retriever package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-resource-retriever
Uninstall python-resource-retriever And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-resource-retriever and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-resource-retriever
Remove python-resource-retriever Configurations and Data
To remove python-resource-retriever configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-resource-retriever
Remove python-resource-retriever configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-resource-retriever configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-resource-retriever
Dependencies
python-resource-retriever have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-resource-retriever package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
