How To Install python-roscreate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roscreate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-roscreate
python-roscreate is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides roscreate-pkg which creates empty ROS package templates and thus addresses the common problem of packages being created using pre-existing packages, which leads to errors in build files and manifests. The tool creates a new package directory, including the appropriate build and manifest files.
There are three methods to install python-roscreate 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 python-roscreate 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-roscreate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-roscreate
Install python-roscreate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-roscreate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-roscreate
Install python-roscreate 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 python-roscreate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-roscreate
How To Uninstall python-roscreate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-roscreate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-roscreate
Uninstall python-roscreate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-roscreate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-roscreate
Remove python-roscreate Configurations and Data
To remove python-roscreate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-roscreate
Remove python-roscreate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-roscreate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-roscreate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roscreate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
