How To Install ament-cmake-flake8 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-flake8 on Ubuntu 22.04. ament-cmake-flake8 is CMake build system for ROS 2 ament packages (flake8)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-flake8 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ament-cmake-flake8

ament-cmake-flake8 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 flake8 to ament_cmake.

There are three methods to install ament-cmake-flake8 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-flake8 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-flake8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ament-cmake-flake8

Install ament-cmake-flake8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-flake8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-flake8

Install ament-cmake-flake8 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-flake8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-flake8

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-flake8 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ament-cmake-flake8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-flake8

Uninstall ament-cmake-flake8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-flake8 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-flake8

Remove ament-cmake-flake8 Configurations and Data

To remove ament-cmake-flake8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ament-cmake-flake8

Remove ament-cmake-flake8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ament-cmake-flake8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ament-cmake-flake8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-flake8 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.