How To Install libbond-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbond-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbond-dev
libbond-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This is the ‘bond’ process state machine library development files.
Bond is a mechanism for checking when another process has terminated. A bond allows two processes, A and B, to know when the other has terminated, either cleanly or by crashing. The bond remains connected until it is either broken explicitly or until a heartbeat times out.
There are three methods to install libbond-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 libbond-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 libbond-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbond-dev
Install libbond-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbond-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbond-dev
Install libbond-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 libbond-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbond-dev
How To Uninstall libbond-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbond-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbond-dev
Uninstall libbond-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbond-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbond-dev
Remove libbond-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libbond-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbond-dev
Remove libbond-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbond-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbond-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbond-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
