How To Install librandom-numbers-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librandom-numbers-dev on Debian 12.
What is librandom-numbers-dev
librandom-numbers-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains a library which provides wrappers for generating floating point values, integers, and quaternions using boost libraries. The constructor of the wrapper is guaranteed to be thread safe and initialize its random number generator to a random seed. Seeds are obtained using a separate and different random number generator.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install librandom-numbers-dev 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 librandom-numbers-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 librandom-numbers-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librandom-numbers-dev
Install librandom-numbers-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librandom-numbers-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librandom-numbers-dev
Install librandom-numbers-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 librandom-numbers-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librandom-numbers-dev
How To Uninstall librandom-numbers-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the librandom-numbers-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librandom-numbers-dev
Uninstall librandom-numbers-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librandom-numbers-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librandom-numbers-dev
Remove librandom-numbers-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librandom-numbers-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librandom-numbers-dev
Remove librandom-numbers-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librandom-numbers-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librandom-numbers-dev
Dependencies
librandom-numbers-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librandom-numbers-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.