How To Install fastdds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastdds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fastdds-tools
fastdds-tools is:
This package is part of eProsima FastDDS. It is a tier one implementation for ROS 2.
This package provides the Fast Discovery Server to facilitate reliable discovery of participants in the FastDDS network, and the FastDDS introspection tool.
There are three methods to install fastdds-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 fastdds-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 fastdds-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fastdds-tools
Install fastdds-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fastdds-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fastdds-tools
Install fastdds-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 fastdds-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fastdds-tools
How To Uninstall fastdds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fastdds-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fastdds-tools
Uninstall fastdds-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fastdds-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastdds-tools
Remove fastdds-tools Configurations and Data
To remove fastdds-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fastdds-tools
Remove fastdds-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fastdds-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastdds-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastdds-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.