How To Install python-rosdep2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-rosdep2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-rosdep2 is rosdep package manager abstraction tool for Robot OS (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosdep2 on Debian 10.

What is python-rosdep2

python-rosdep2 is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a command-line tool for installing system dependencies on a variety of platforms. For end-users, rosdep helps you install system dependencies for software that you are building from source. For developers, rosdep simplifies the problem of installing system dependencies on different platforms.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-rosdep2 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-rosdep2 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-rosdep2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-rosdep2

Install python-rosdep2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-rosdep2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-rosdep2

Install python-rosdep2 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-rosdep2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-rosdep2

How To Uninstall python-rosdep2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-rosdep2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-rosdep2

Uninstall python-rosdep2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-rosdep2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosdep2

Remove python-rosdep2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-rosdep2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosdep2

Remove python-rosdep2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-rosdep2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosdep2

Dependencies

python-rosdep2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosdep2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.