How To Install libtopic-tools1d on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools1d on Ubuntu 18.04. libtopic-tools1d is library for messing with Robot OS topics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools1d on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libtopic-tools1d

libtopic-tools1d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). Tools for directing, throttling, selecting, and otherwise messing with ROS topics at a meta level. None of the programs in this package actually know about the topics whose streams they are altering; instead, these tools deal with messages as generic binary blobs. This means they can be applied to any ROS topic.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libtopic-tools1d 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 libtopic-tools1d 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-tools1d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtopic-tools1d

Install libtopic-tools1d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtopic-tools1d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtopic-tools1d

Install libtopic-tools1d 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 libtopic-tools1d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtopic-tools1d

How To Uninstall libtopic-tools1d on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libtopic-tools1d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtopic-tools1d

Uninstall libtopic-tools1d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtopic-tools1d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtopic-tools1d

Remove libtopic-tools1d Configurations and Data

To remove libtopic-tools1d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtopic-tools1d

Remove libtopic-tools1d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtopic-tools1d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtopic-tools1d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools1d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.