How To Install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev is Messages relating to the Robot OS Computation Graph

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). rosgraph_msgs contains messages relating to the ROS Computation Graph. Most users are not expected to interact with the messages in this package, and it is strongly advised against. These messages are generally wrapped in higher level APIs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

Install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

Install libros-rosgraph-msgs-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 libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

How To Uninstall libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

Uninstall libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

Remove libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

Remove libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libros-rosgraph-msgs-dev

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Summary

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