How To Install ament-cmake-python on Debian 12

Learn how to install ament-cmake-python on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ament-cmake-python is CMake build system for ROS 2 ament package (Python extension)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-python on Debian 12.

What is ament-cmake-python

ament-cmake-python 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 Python support to ament_cmake.

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

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

Install ament-cmake-python Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-python

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

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-python

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-python on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-python

Uninstall ament-cmake-python And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-python and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ament-cmake-python

Remove ament-cmake-python Configurations and Data

To remove ament-cmake-python configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ament-cmake-python have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-python package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.