How To Install libroslz4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libroslz4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libroslz4-dev
libroslz4-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the development files for the ROS implementation of the LZ4 streaming format. Large data streams are split into blocks which are compressed using the very fast LZ4 compression algorithm.
There are three methods to install libroslz4-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 libroslz4-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 libroslz4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libroslz4-dev
Install libroslz4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libroslz4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libroslz4-dev
Install libroslz4-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 libroslz4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libroslz4-dev
How To Uninstall libroslz4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libroslz4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libroslz4-dev
Uninstall libroslz4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libroslz4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libroslz4-dev
Remove libroslz4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libroslz4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libroslz4-dev
Remove libroslz4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libroslz4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libroslz4-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libroslz4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
