How To Install librostest-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librostest-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librostest-dev
librostest-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the development files for the rostest framework. It’s an extension that enables roslaunch files to be used as test fixtures. As a fully running system has more complex behaviors than an individual ROS node, this allows you to do full integration testing across multiple nodes. It is compatible with xUnit frameworks.
There are three methods to install librostest-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 librostest-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 librostest-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librostest-dev
Install librostest-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librostest-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librostest-dev
Install librostest-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 librostest-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librostest-dev
How To Uninstall librostest-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librostest-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librostest-dev
Uninstall librostest-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librostest-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librostest-dev
Remove librostest-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librostest-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librostest-dev
Remove librostest-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librostest-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librostest-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librostest-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
