How To Install ament-cmake-ros on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-ros on Debian 12.
What is ament-cmake-ros
ament-cmake-ros 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 provides ROS specific CMake helper functions, in particular a way to run tests in an isolated DDS network domain.
There are three methods to install ament-cmake-ros 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-ros 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-ros using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ament-cmake-ros
Install ament-cmake-ros Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-ros using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-ros
Install ament-cmake-ros 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-ros using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-ros
How To Uninstall ament-cmake-ros on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ament-cmake-ros package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-ros
Uninstall ament-cmake-ros And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ament-cmake-ros and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ament-cmake-ros
Remove ament-cmake-ros Configurations and Data
To remove ament-cmake-ros configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ament-cmake-ros
Remove ament-cmake-ros configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ament-cmake-ros configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ament-cmake-ros
Dependencies
ament-cmake-ros have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-ros package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.