How To Install gazebo9-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gazebo9-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gazebo9-common
gazebo9-common is:
Gazebo is a multi-robot simulator for outdoor environments. Like Stage (part of the Player project), it is capable of simulating a population of robots, sensors and objects, but does so in a three-dimensional world. It generates both realistic sensor feedback and physically plausible interactions between objects (it includes an accurate simulation of rigid-body physics).
This package contains shared files such as 3d models, worlds and robots.
There are three methods to install gazebo9-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gazebo9-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gazebo9-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gazebo9-common
Install gazebo9-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gazebo9-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gazebo9-common
Install gazebo9-common 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 gazebo9-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gazebo9-common
How To Uninstall gazebo9-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gazebo9-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gazebo9-common
Uninstall gazebo9-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gazebo9-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gazebo9-common
Remove gazebo9-common Configurations and Data
To remove gazebo9-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gazebo9-common
Remove gazebo9-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gazebo9-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gazebo9-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gazebo9-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
