How To Install python-rosgraph on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosgraph on Ubuntu 18.04. python-rosgraph is Command-line tool to print information about the Robot OS computation graph

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosgraph on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-rosgraph

python-rosgraph is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). rosgraph contains the rosgraph command-line tool, which prints information about the ROS computation graph. It also provides an internal library that can be used by graphical tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-rosgraph

Install python-rosgraph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-rosgraph

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-rosgraph

How To Uninstall python-rosgraph on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-rosgraph

Uninstall python-rosgraph And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-rosgraph and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosgraph

Remove python-rosgraph Configurations and Data

To remove python-rosgraph configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosgraph

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosgraph package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.