How To Install libpolled-camera-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolled-camera-dev on Debian 9. libpolled-camera-dev is Robot OS polled_camera package - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolled-camera-dev on Debian 9.

What is libpolled-camera-dev

libpolled-camera-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the C++ header files for implementing a polled camera driver node and requesting images from it. The package is currently for internal use as the API is still under development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpolled-camera-dev

Install libpolled-camera-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpolled-camera-dev

Install libpolled-camera-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 libpolled-camera-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpolled-camera-dev

How To Uninstall libpolled-camera-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpolled-camera-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpolled-camera-dev

Uninstall libpolled-camera-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolled-camera-dev

Remove libpolled-camera-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpolled-camera-dev

Remove libpolled-camera-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolled-camera-dev

Dependencies

libpolled-camera-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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