How To Install collada-urdf-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collada-urdf-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is collada-urdf-tools
collada-urdf-tools is:
This package contains tools to convert between Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) documents and COLLAborative Design Activity (COLLADA) documents.
It implements robot-specific COLLADA extensions as defined by http://openrave.programmingvision.com/index.php/Started:COLLADA
This package contains the tools.
There are three methods to install collada-urdf-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install collada-urdf-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 collada-urdf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install collada-urdf-tools
Install collada-urdf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install collada-urdf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install collada-urdf-tools
Install collada-urdf-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 collada-urdf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install collada-urdf-tools
How To Uninstall collada-urdf-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the collada-urdf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove collada-urdf-tools
Uninstall collada-urdf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall collada-urdf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove collada-urdf-tools
Remove collada-urdf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove collada-urdf-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge collada-urdf-tools
Remove collada-urdf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove collada-urdf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collada-urdf-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collada-urdf-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.