How To Install libactionlib-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libactionlib-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libactionlib-msgs-dev
libactionlib-msgs-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains the common messages to interact with an action server and an action client. For full documentation of the actionlib API see the http://wiki.ros.org/actionlib package.
This package contains the generated headers files.
There are three methods to install libactionlib-msgs-dev 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 libactionlib-msgs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libactionlib-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libactionlib-msgs-dev
Install libactionlib-msgs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libactionlib-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libactionlib-msgs-dev
Install libactionlib-msgs-dev 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 libactionlib-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libactionlib-msgs-dev
How To Uninstall libactionlib-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libactionlib-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libactionlib-msgs-dev
Uninstall libactionlib-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libactionlib-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libactionlib-msgs-dev
Remove libactionlib-msgs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libactionlib-msgs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libactionlib-msgs-dev
Remove libactionlib-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libactionlib-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libactionlib-msgs-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libactionlib-msgs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
