How To Install python-rosboost-cfg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosboost-cfg on Debian 9. python-rosboost-cfg is Contains scripts used by the Robot OS rosboost-cfg tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosboost-cfg on Debian 9.

What is python-rosboost-cfg

python-rosboost-cfg is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is used for determining build flags (cflags/lflags/etc.) for boost on your system when you use it in a ROS environment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-rosboost-cfg

Install python-rosboost-cfg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-rosboost-cfg

Install python-rosboost-cfg 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-rosboost-cfg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-rosboost-cfg

How To Uninstall python-rosboost-cfg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-rosboost-cfg

Uninstall python-rosboost-cfg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-rosboost-cfg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosboost-cfg

Remove python-rosboost-cfg Configurations and Data

To remove python-rosboost-cfg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosboost-cfg

Remove python-rosboost-cfg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosboost-cfg

Dependencies

python-rosboost-cfg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosboost-cfg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.