How To Install librospack0d on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librospack0d on Ubuntu 18.04. librospack0d is Robot OS package information library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librospack0d on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librospack0d

librospack0d 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, to 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 library.

There are three methods to install librospack0d 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 librospack0d Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librospack0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librospack0d

Install librospack0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librospack0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librospack0d

Install librospack0d 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 librospack0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librospack0d

How To Uninstall librospack0d on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librospack0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librospack0d

Uninstall librospack0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librospack0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librospack0d

Remove librospack0d Configurations and Data

To remove librospack0d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librospack0d

Remove librospack0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librospack0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librospack0d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librospack0d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.