How To Install catkin on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install catkin on Debian 10.
What is catkin
catkin is:
Catkin contains CMake macros that are useful in the development of ROS-related systems. In ROS (Robot OS) Fuerte and later, many of the lower-level libraries are being migrated to be CMake only.
There are three methods to install catkin on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install catkin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install catkin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install catkin
Install catkin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install catkin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install catkin
Install catkin 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 catkin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install catkin
How To Uninstall catkin on Debian 10
To uninstall only the catkin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove catkin
Uninstall catkin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall catkin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove catkin
Remove catkin Configurations and Data
To remove catkin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge catkin
Remove catkin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove catkin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge catkin
Dependencies
catkin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install catkin package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
