How To Install librandom-numbers0d on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librandom-numbers0d on Ubuntu 18.04. librandom-numbers0d is Robot OS random numbers library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librandom-numbers0d on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librandom-numbers0d

librandom-numbers0d 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 library itself.

There are three methods to install librandom-numbers0d 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 librandom-numbers0d 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-numbers0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librandom-numbers0d

Install librandom-numbers0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librandom-numbers0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librandom-numbers0d

Install librandom-numbers0d 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 librandom-numbers0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librandom-numbers0d

How To Uninstall librandom-numbers0d on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librandom-numbers0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librandom-numbers0d

Uninstall librandom-numbers0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librandom-numbers0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librandom-numbers0d

Remove librandom-numbers0d Configurations and Data

To remove librandom-numbers0d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librandom-numbers0d

Remove librandom-numbers0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librandom-numbers0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librandom-numbers0d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librandom-numbers0d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.