How To Install python-tf2-kdl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tf2-kdl on Debian 9.
What is python-tf2-kdl
python-tf2-kdl is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). tf2 is the second generation of the transform library, which lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf2 maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.
This package contains the Python code to convert betweenw tf2 and liborocos-kdl.
There are three methods to install python-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tf2-kdl
Install python-tf2-kdl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tf2-kdl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tf2-kdl
Install python-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tf2-kdl
How To Uninstall python-tf2-kdl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-tf2-kdl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tf2-kdl
Uninstall python-tf2-kdl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tf2-kdl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tf2-kdl
Remove python-tf2-kdl Configurations and Data
To remove python-tf2-kdl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tf2-kdl
Remove python-tf2-kdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tf2-kdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tf2-kdl
Dependencies
python-tf2-kdl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tf2-kdl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
