How To Install python-rviz on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-rviz on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-rviz is Python bindings for the 3D visualization tool for Robot OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rviz on Debian 10.

What is python-rviz

python-rviz is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.

This package contains the Python interface to the rviz library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-rviz

Install python-rviz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-rviz

Install python-rviz 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-rviz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-rviz

How To Uninstall python-rviz on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-rviz

Uninstall python-rviz And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-rviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rviz

Remove python-rviz Configurations and Data

To remove python-rviz configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rviz

Remove python-rviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rviz

Dependencies

python-rviz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rviz package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.