How To Install ament-cmake-xmllint on Debian 12

Learn how to install ament-cmake-xmllint on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ament-cmake-xmllint is CMake build system for ROS 2 ament packages (xmllint)

Introduction

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

What is ament-cmake-xmllint

ament-cmake-xmllint 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 xmllint to ament_cmake.

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

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

Install ament-cmake-xmllint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-xmllint

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

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-xmllint

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-xmllint on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-xmllint

Uninstall ament-cmake-xmllint And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ament-cmake-xmllint Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ament-cmake-xmllint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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