How To Install rosidl-generator-c-cpp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rosidl-generator-c-cpp on Debian 12.
What is rosidl-generator-c-cpp
rosidl-generator-c-cpp 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 default language generator for C and C++.
There are three methods to install rosidl-generator-c-cpp 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 rosidl-generator-c-cpp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rosidl-generator-c-cpp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Install rosidl-generator-c-cpp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rosidl-generator-c-cpp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Install rosidl-generator-c-cpp 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 rosidl-generator-c-cpp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rosidl-generator-c-cpp
How To Uninstall rosidl-generator-c-cpp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rosidl-generator-c-cpp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Uninstall rosidl-generator-c-cpp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rosidl-generator-c-cpp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Remove rosidl-generator-c-cpp Configurations and Data
To remove rosidl-generator-c-cpp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Remove rosidl-generator-c-cpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rosidl-generator-c-cpp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rosidl-generator-c-cpp
Dependencies
rosidl-generator-c-cpp have the following dependencies:
- librcutils-dev
- librosidl-runtime-c-cpp-dev
- librosidl-typesupport-interface-dev
- librosidl-typesupport-introspection-c-cpp-dev
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rosidl-generator-c-cpp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
