How To Install libtopic-tools-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools-dev on Debian 9.
What is libtopic-tools-dev
libtopic-tools-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains development files for the libtopic-tools library, which provides tools for directing, throttling, selecting, and otherwise messing with ROS topics at a meta level.
This contains the development files
There are three methods to install libtopic-tools-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 libtopic-tools-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 libtopic-tools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtopic-tools-dev
Install libtopic-tools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtopic-tools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtopic-tools-dev
Install libtopic-tools-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 libtopic-tools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtopic-tools-dev
How To Uninstall libtopic-tools-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtopic-tools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtopic-tools-dev
Uninstall libtopic-tools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtopic-tools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtopic-tools-dev
Remove libtopic-tools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtopic-tools-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtopic-tools-dev
Remove libtopic-tools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtopic-tools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtopic-tools-dev
Dependencies
libtopic-tools-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.