How To Install python-roslib on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslib on Debian 10.
What is python-roslib
python-roslib is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides base dependencies and support libraries for ROS. roslib contains many of the common data structures and tools that are shared across ROS client library implementations.
This package contains the Python 2 library.
There are three methods to install python-roslib on Debian 10. 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-roslib 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-roslib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-roslib
Install python-roslib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-roslib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-roslib
Install python-roslib 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-roslib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-roslib
How To Uninstall python-roslib on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-roslib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-roslib
Uninstall python-roslib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-roslib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-roslib
Remove python-roslib Configurations and Data
To remove python-roslib configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-roslib
Remove python-roslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-roslib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-roslib
Dependencies
python-roslib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslib package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
