How To Install libsensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9.
What is libsensor-msgs-dev
libsensor-msgs-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.
This package contains the generated headers files.
There are three methods to install libsensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsensor-msgs-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 libsensor-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsensor-msgs-dev
Install libsensor-msgs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsensor-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsensor-msgs-dev
Install libsensor-msgs-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsensor-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsensor-msgs-dev
How To Uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsensor-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsensor-msgs-dev
Uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsensor-msgs-dev
Remove libsensor-msgs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsensor-msgs-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsensor-msgs-dev
Remove libsensor-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsensor-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsensor-msgs-dev
Dependencies
libsensor-msgs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsensor-msgs-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.