How To Install librosconsole-bridge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librosconsole-bridge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. librosconsole-bridge-dev is Robot OS library for connecting console logging types

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librosconsole-bridge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librosconsole-bridge-dev

librosconsole-bridge-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the development files for librosconsole-bridge, which is a package used in conjunction with console_bridge and rosconsole for connecting console_bridge-based logging to rosconsole-based logging.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librosconsole-bridge-dev

Install librosconsole-bridge-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librosconsole-bridge-dev

Install librosconsole-bridge-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 librosconsole-bridge-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librosconsole-bridge-dev

How To Uninstall librosconsole-bridge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove librosconsole-bridge-dev

Uninstall librosconsole-bridge-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librosconsole-bridge-dev

Remove librosconsole-bridge-dev Configurations and Data

To remove librosconsole-bridge-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librosconsole-bridge-dev

Remove librosconsole-bridge-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librosconsole-bridge-dev

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Summary

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