How To Install mrpt-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrpt-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mrpt-common
mrpt-common is:
The Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT) is an extensive, cross-platform, and open source C++ library aimed to help robotics researchers to design and implement algorithms in the fields of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), computer vision, and motion planning (obstacle avoidance).
This package provides example datasets and configuration files for several MRPT applications.
There are three methods to install mrpt-common 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 mrpt-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrpt-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrpt-common
Install mrpt-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrpt-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrpt-common
Install mrpt-common 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 mrpt-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrpt-common
How To Uninstall mrpt-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mrpt-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrpt-common
Uninstall mrpt-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrpt-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrpt-common
Remove mrpt-common Configurations and Data
To remove mrpt-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrpt-common
Remove mrpt-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrpt-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrpt-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrpt-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
