How To Install librospack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librospack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librospack-dev
librospack-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). rospack is a command-line tool for retrieving information about ROS packages available on the filesystem. It implements a wide variety of commands ranging from locating ROS packages in the filesystem, through listing available stacks, to calculating the dependency tree of stacks. It is also used in the ROS build system for calculating build information for packages.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install librospack-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 librospack-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 librospack-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librospack-dev
Install librospack-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librospack-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librospack-dev
Install librospack-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 librospack-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librospack-dev
How To Uninstall librospack-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librospack-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librospack-dev
Uninstall librospack-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librospack-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librospack-dev
Remove librospack-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librospack-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librospack-dev
Remove librospack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librospack-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librospack-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librospack-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
