How To Install python-catkin-pkg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-catkin-pkg on Debian 10.
What is python-catkin-pkg
python-catkin-pkg is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a library for retrieving information about catkin packages. Catkin contains CMake macros that are useful in the development of ROS-related systems. ROS provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications.
This package is a Python 2 module needed to use Catkin.
There are three methods to install python-catkin-pkg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-catkin-pkg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-catkin-pkg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-catkin-pkg
Install python-catkin-pkg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-catkin-pkg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-catkin-pkg
Install python-catkin-pkg 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 python-catkin-pkg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-catkin-pkg
How To Uninstall python-catkin-pkg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-catkin-pkg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-catkin-pkg
Uninstall python-catkin-pkg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-catkin-pkg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-catkin-pkg
Remove python-catkin-pkg Configurations and Data
To remove python-catkin-pkg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-catkin-pkg
Remove python-catkin-pkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-catkin-pkg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-catkin-pkg
Dependencies
python-catkin-pkg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-catkin-pkg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
