How To Install libeigen-stl-containers-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeigen-stl-containers-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libeigen-stl-containers-dev
libeigen-stl-containers-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides a set of typedef’s that allow using Eigen datatypes in STL containers
There are three methods to install libeigen-stl-containers-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 libeigen-stl-containers-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 libeigen-stl-containers-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libeigen-stl-containers-dev
Install libeigen-stl-containers-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libeigen-stl-containers-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libeigen-stl-containers-dev
Install libeigen-stl-containers-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 libeigen-stl-containers-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libeigen-stl-containers-dev
How To Uninstall libeigen-stl-containers-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libeigen-stl-containers-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libeigen-stl-containers-dev
Uninstall libeigen-stl-containers-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libeigen-stl-containers-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeigen-stl-containers-dev
Remove libeigen-stl-containers-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libeigen-stl-containers-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libeigen-stl-containers-dev
Remove libeigen-stl-containers-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libeigen-stl-containers-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeigen-stl-containers-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libeigen-stl-containers-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.