How To Install dh-ros on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-ros on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dh-ros
dh-ros is:
This package provides support for catkin and ament to build ROS and ROS 2 packages in Debian. It is particularly useful for upstream sources with multiple inter-dependent ROS packages, as it will figure out the correct build order automatically.
There are three methods to install dh-ros 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 dh-ros Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-ros using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-ros
Install dh-ros Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-ros using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-ros
Install dh-ros 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 dh-ros using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-ros
How To Uninstall dh-ros on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dh-ros package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-ros
Uninstall dh-ros And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-ros and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-ros
Remove dh-ros Configurations and Data
To remove dh-ros configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-ros
Remove dh-ros configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-ros configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-ros
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-ros package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.