How To Install python3-catkin-pkg on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-catkin-pkg on Debian 11. python3-catkin-pkg is Low-level build system macros for Robot OS – Python 3 module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-catkin-pkg on Debian 11.

What is python3-catkin-pkg

python3-catkin-pkg is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a library for retrieving information about catkin packages. Catkin contains CMake macros that are useful in the development of ROS-related systems. ROS provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications.

This package is a Python 3 module needed to use Catkin.

There are three methods to install python3-catkin-pkg on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-catkin-pkg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-catkin-pkg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-catkin-pkg

Install python3-catkin-pkg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-catkin-pkg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-catkin-pkg

Install python3-catkin-pkg 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 python3-catkin-pkg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-catkin-pkg

How To Uninstall python3-catkin-pkg on Debian 11

To uninstall only the python3-catkin-pkg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-catkin-pkg

Uninstall python3-catkin-pkg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-catkin-pkg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-catkin-pkg

Remove python3-catkin-pkg Configurations and Data

To remove python3-catkin-pkg configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-catkin-pkg

Remove python3-catkin-pkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-catkin-pkg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-catkin-pkg

Dependencies

python3-catkin-pkg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-catkin-pkg package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.