How To Install ament-cmake-clang-format on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-clang-format on Ubuntu 22.04. ament-cmake-clang-format is CMake build system for ROS 2 ament packages (clang_format)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-clang-format on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ament-cmake-clang-format

ament-cmake-clang-format is:

The ament build system is the most common way to build packages for ROS 2. ament_cmake provides the necessary tooling to build ament packages with CMake.

This package adds support for linting with clang_format to ament_cmake.

There are three methods to install ament-cmake-clang-format 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 ament-cmake-clang-format Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-clang-format using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ament-cmake-clang-format

Install ament-cmake-clang-format Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-clang-format using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-clang-format

Install ament-cmake-clang-format 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 ament-cmake-clang-format using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-clang-format

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-clang-format on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ament-cmake-clang-format package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-clang-format

Uninstall ament-cmake-clang-format And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-clang-format and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ament-cmake-clang-format

Remove ament-cmake-clang-format Configurations and Data

To remove ament-cmake-clang-format configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ament-cmake-clang-format

Remove ament-cmake-clang-format configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ament-cmake-clang-format configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ament-cmake-clang-format

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-clang-format package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.