How To Install python3-rosidl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosidl on Debian 12.
What is python3-rosidl
python3-rosidl is:
This package is part of ROS 2, the Robot Operating System. ROS 2 uses the OMG Data Distribution Standard (DDS) as middleware layer, which in turn relies on the Interface Definition Language (IDL) to define the messages which can be exchanged between ROS network participants. For historical reasons, ROS has its own message definition format; the ROS 2 IDL support layer is responsible for transforming the ROS message format to the IDL format.
This package provides the Python API to parse .msg/.srv/.action files and convert them to .idl, parse .idl files for dynamic type support, and some additional helper functions.
There are three methods to install python3-rosidl on Debian 12. 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-rosidl 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-rosidl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rosidl
Install python3-rosidl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rosidl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rosidl
Install python3-rosidl 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-rosidl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rosidl
How To Uninstall python3-rosidl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-rosidl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rosidl
Uninstall python3-rosidl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rosidl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rosidl
Remove python3-rosidl Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rosidl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rosidl
Remove python3-rosidl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rosidl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rosidl
Dependencies
python3-rosidl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosidl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
