How To Install pluginlib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pluginlib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pluginlib-dev
pluginlib-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This is the high-level ROS plugin interface. It provides tools for writing and dynamically loading plugins using the ROS build infrastructure. To work, these tools require plugin providers to register their plugins in their package.xml file.
There are three methods to install pluginlib-dev 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 pluginlib-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 pluginlib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pluginlib-dev
Install pluginlib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pluginlib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pluginlib-dev
Install pluginlib-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pluginlib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pluginlib-dev
How To Uninstall pluginlib-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pluginlib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pluginlib-dev
Uninstall pluginlib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pluginlib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pluginlib-dev
Remove pluginlib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove pluginlib-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pluginlib-dev
Remove pluginlib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pluginlib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pluginlib-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pluginlib-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
