How To Install image-transport-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-transport-tools on Debian 12.
What is image-transport-tools
image-transport-tools is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This library should always be used to subscribe to and publish images. It (image_transport) provides transparent support for transporting images in low-bandwidth compressed formats. Examples (provided by separate plugin packages) include JPEG/PNG compression and Theora streaming video.
This package provides the tools list_transports and republish.
There are three methods to install image-transport-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install image-transport-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 image-transport-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install image-transport-tools
Install image-transport-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install image-transport-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install image-transport-tools
Install image-transport-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install image-transport-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install image-transport-tools
How To Uninstall image-transport-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the image-transport-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove image-transport-tools
Uninstall image-transport-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall image-transport-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove image-transport-tools
Remove image-transport-tools Configurations and Data
To remove image-transport-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge image-transport-tools
Remove image-transport-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove image-transport-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge image-transport-tools
Dependencies
image-transport-tools have the following dependencies:
- libament-index-cpp0d
- libc6
- libclass-loader3d
- libconsole-bridge1.0
- libgcc-s1
- libimage-transport0d
- librcpputils1d
- librcutils1d
- libroscpp4d
- libroslib0d
- libstdc++6
- libtinyxml2-9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-transport-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
