How To Install cyclonedds-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclonedds-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. cyclonedds-dev is Eclipse Cyclone DDS library - development headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclonedds-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cyclonedds-dev

cyclonedds-dev is:

Eclipse Cyclone DDS is a very performant and robust open-source implementation of the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard by the Object Management Group (OMG) and the related wire protocol for interoperability (RTPS). It is developed completely in the open as an Eclipse IoT project with a growing list of adopters, and has become a tier-1 middleware for the Robot Operating System (ROS 2).

This package installs the development headers.

There are three methods to install cyclonedds-dev 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 cyclonedds-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cyclonedds-dev

Install cyclonedds-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cyclonedds-dev

Install cyclonedds-dev 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 cyclonedds-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cyclonedds-dev

How To Uninstall cyclonedds-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cyclonedds-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyclonedds-dev

Uninstall cyclonedds-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cyclonedds-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyclonedds-dev

Remove cyclonedds-dev Configurations and Data

To remove cyclonedds-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyclonedds-dev

Remove cyclonedds-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyclonedds-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclonedds-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.