How To Install cl-topic-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-topic-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cl-topic-tools
cl-topic-tools is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the lisp interface to the tools for directing, throttling, selecting, and otherwise messing with ROS topics at a meta level.
There are three methods to install cl-topic-tools 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-topic-tools 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-topic-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cl-topic-tools
Install cl-topic-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cl-topic-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cl-topic-tools
Install cl-topic-tools 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-topic-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cl-topic-tools
How To Uninstall cl-topic-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cl-topic-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cl-topic-tools
Uninstall cl-topic-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cl-topic-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-topic-tools
Remove cl-topic-tools Configurations and Data
To remove cl-topic-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cl-topic-tools
Remove cl-topic-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cl-topic-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-topic-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-topic-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.