How To Install python3-roslib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-roslib on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-roslib
python3-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 3 library.
There are three methods to install python3-roslib on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-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 python3-roslib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-roslib
Install python3-roslib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-roslib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-roslib
Install python3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-roslib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-roslib
How To Uninstall python3-roslib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-roslib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-roslib
Uninstall python3-roslib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-roslib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-roslib
Remove python3-roslib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-roslib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-roslib
Remove python3-roslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-roslib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-roslib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-roslib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
