How To Install python-kdl-parser on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kdl-parser on Debian 9.
What is python-kdl-parser
python-kdl-parser is:
The Kinematics and Dynamics Library (KDL) defines a tree structure to represent the kinematic and dynamic parameters of a robot mechanism. kdl_parser_py provides Python tools to construct a KDL tree from an XML robot representation in URDF.
This package contains the Python binding.
There are three methods to install python-kdl-parser 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 python-kdl-parser 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-kdl-parser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-kdl-parser
Install python-kdl-parser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-kdl-parser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-kdl-parser
Install python-kdl-parser 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-kdl-parser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-kdl-parser
How To Uninstall python-kdl-parser on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-kdl-parser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-kdl-parser
Uninstall python-kdl-parser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-kdl-parser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-kdl-parser
Remove python-kdl-parser Configurations and Data
To remove python-kdl-parser configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-kdl-parser
Remove python-kdl-parser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-kdl-parser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-kdl-parser
Dependencies
python-kdl-parser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kdl-parser package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.