How To Install librcpputils-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install librcpputils-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. librcpputils-dev is C++ Utilities for ROS 2 (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librcpputils-dev on Debian 12.

What is librcpputils-dev

librcpputils-dev is:

This package is part of ROS 2, the Robot Operating System. It provides basic macros, functions, and data structures for the ROS 2 codebase.

This package installs the C++ headers and CMake config files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librcpputils-dev

Install librcpputils-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librcpputils-dev

Install librcpputils-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 librcpputils-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librcpputils-dev

How To Uninstall librcpputils-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove librcpputils-dev

Uninstall librcpputils-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librcpputils-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librcpputils-dev

Remove librcpputils-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librcpputils-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librcpputils-dev

Remove librcpputils-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librcpputils-dev

Dependencies

librcpputils-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librcpputils-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.