How To Install libament-index-cpp0d on Debian 12

Learn how to install libament-index-cpp0d on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libament-index-cpp0d is Fast resource indexing for ROS 2 packages (C++ library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libament-index-cpp0d on Debian 12.

What is libament-index-cpp0d

libament-index-cpp0d is:

The ament build system is the most common way to build packages for ROS 2. ament_index is a filesystem-based resource management system which is designed to allow queries on installed ROS 2 packages without crawling the filesystem.

This package installs the shared library for resource queries from C++.

There are three methods to install libament-index-cpp0d 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 libament-index-cpp0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libament-index-cpp0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libament-index-cpp0d

Install libament-index-cpp0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libament-index-cpp0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libament-index-cpp0d

Install libament-index-cpp0d 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 libament-index-cpp0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libament-index-cpp0d

How To Uninstall libament-index-cpp0d on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libament-index-cpp0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libament-index-cpp0d

Uninstall libament-index-cpp0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libament-index-cpp0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libament-index-cpp0d

Remove libament-index-cpp0d Configurations and Data

To remove libament-index-cpp0d configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libament-index-cpp0d

Remove libament-index-cpp0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libament-index-cpp0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libament-index-cpp0d

Dependencies

libament-index-cpp0d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libament-index-cpp0d package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.