How To Install joint-state-publisher on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher on Debian 9. joint-state-publisher is ROS joint_state_publisher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher on Debian 9.

What is joint-state-publisher

joint-state-publisher is:

This package contains a tool for setting and publishing joint state values for a given URDF.

There are three methods to install joint-state-publisher on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install joint-state-publisher Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install joint-state-publisher

Install joint-state-publisher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install joint-state-publisher

Install joint-state-publisher 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 joint-state-publisher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install joint-state-publisher

How To Uninstall joint-state-publisher on Debian 9

To uninstall only the joint-state-publisher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove joint-state-publisher

Uninstall joint-state-publisher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall joint-state-publisher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove joint-state-publisher

Remove joint-state-publisher Configurations and Data

To remove joint-state-publisher configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge joint-state-publisher

Remove joint-state-publisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove joint-state-publisher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joint-state-publisher

Dependencies

joint-state-publisher have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.