How To Install ros-image-view on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-image-view on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ros-image-view
ros-image-view is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The package provides the library with a viewer for ROS image topics. Includes a specialized viewer for stereo + disparity images. Contains ROS nodes.
There are three methods to install ros-image-view on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ros-image-view Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-image-view using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-image-view
Install ros-image-view Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-image-view using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-image-view
Install ros-image-view 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 ros-image-view using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-image-view
How To Uninstall ros-image-view on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ros-image-view package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-image-view
Uninstall ros-image-view And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-image-view and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-image-view
Remove ros-image-view Configurations and Data
To remove ros-image-view configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-image-view
Remove ros-image-view configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-image-view configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-image-view
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-image-view package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
