How To Install python-rosbag on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosbag on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rosbag
python-rosbag is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides a command-line tool for working with bags (ROS messages stores). The corresponding librosbag package provides corresponding C++ and Python APIs.
There are three methods to install python-rosbag 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-rosbag 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-rosbag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rosbag
Install python-rosbag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rosbag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rosbag
Install python-rosbag 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-rosbag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rosbag
How To Uninstall python-rosbag on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rosbag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rosbag
Uninstall python-rosbag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rosbag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosbag
Remove python-rosbag Configurations and Data
To remove python-rosbag configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosbag
Remove python-rosbag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rosbag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosbag
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosbag package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
