How To Install gazebo on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gazebo on Debian 11. gazebo is Open Source Robotics Simulator - Binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gazebo on Debian 11.

What is gazebo

gazebo is:

Gazebo is a multi-robot simulator for outdoor environments. Like Stage (part of the Player project), it is capable of simulating a population of robots, sensors and objects, but does so in a three-dimensional world. It generates both realistic sensor feedback and physically plausible interactions between objects (it includes an accurate simulation of rigid-body physics).

This package contains then main application binaries

There are three methods to install gazebo on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gazebo Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gazebo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gazebo

Install gazebo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gazebo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gazebo

Install gazebo 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 gazebo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gazebo

How To Uninstall gazebo on Debian 11

To uninstall only the gazebo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gazebo

Uninstall gazebo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gazebo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gazebo

Remove gazebo Configurations and Data

To remove gazebo configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gazebo

Remove gazebo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gazebo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gazebo

Dependencies

gazebo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gazebo package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.