How To Install python-rosdistro on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosdistro on Debian 9.
What is python-rosdistro
python-rosdistro is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The rosdistro tool allows you to get access to the full dependency tree and the vcs information of all packages and repositories.
rosdistro is a file format for managing ROS Distributions and the ROS stacks they contain. This file format is used as input to a variety of tools in the ROS build and release toolchain, from stack release tools to rosdoc. The rosdistro format has changed for Catkin-based repositories.
There are three methods to install python-rosdistro 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-rosdistro 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-rosdistro using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rosdistro
Install python-rosdistro Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rosdistro using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rosdistro
Install python-rosdistro 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-rosdistro using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rosdistro
How To Uninstall python-rosdistro on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-rosdistro package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rosdistro
Uninstall python-rosdistro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rosdistro and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosdistro
Remove python-rosdistro Configurations and Data
To remove python-rosdistro configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosdistro
Remove python-rosdistro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rosdistro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosdistro
Dependencies
python-rosdistro have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosdistro package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
