How To Install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9.
What is libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). tf2 is the second generation of the transform library, which lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf2 maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.
This package contains utils to transform sensor_msgs with tf2.
There are three methods to install libtf2-sensor-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 libtf2-sensor-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 libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Install libtf2-sensor-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 libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
How To Uninstall libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Uninstall libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Remove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Remove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev
Dependencies
libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtf2-sensor-msgs-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.