How To Install cl-bond on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-bond on Ubuntu 20.04. cl-bond is Messages related to Robot OS bond_core - LISP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-bond on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cl-bond

cl-bond is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This is the ‘bond’ process state machine library LISP bindings.

Bond is a mechanism for checking when another process has terminated. A bond allows two processes, A and B, to know when the other has terminated, either cleanly or by crashing. The bond remains connected until it is either broken explicitly or until a heartbeat times out.

There are three methods to install cl-bond on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cl-bond Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-bond using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-bond

Install cl-bond Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-bond using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-bond

Install cl-bond 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 cl-bond using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-bond

How To Uninstall cl-bond on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cl-bond package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-bond

Uninstall cl-bond And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-bond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-bond

Remove cl-bond Configurations and Data

To remove cl-bond configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-bond

Remove cl-bond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-bond configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-bond

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-bond package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.