How To Install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Debian 9. libdiagnostic-msgs-dev is Messages relating to Robot OS diagnostic, C/C++ interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Debian 9.

What is libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

libdiagnostic-msgs-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains the messages which provide the standardized interface for the diagnostic and runtime monitoring systems in ROS. These messages are currently used by the http://wiki.ros.org/diagnostics stack, which provides libraries for simple ways to set and access the messages, as well as automated ways to process the diagnostic data.

This package contains the generated C/C++ header files.

There are three methods to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev 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 libdiagnostic-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 libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Install libdiagnostic-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

How To Uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libdiagnostic-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiagnostic-msgs-dev

Dependencies

libdiagnostic-msgs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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