How To Install python-roslaunch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslaunch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-roslaunch
python-roslaunch is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). roslaunch is a tool for easily launching multiple ROS nodes locally and remotely via SSH, as well as setting parameters on the Parameter Server. It includes options to automatically respawn processes that have already died. roslaunch takes in one or more XML configuration files (with the launch extension) that specify the parameters to set and nodes to launch, as well as the machines that they should be run on.
This package contains the roscore program.
There are three methods to install python-roslaunch 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-roslaunch 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-roslaunch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-roslaunch
Install python-roslaunch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-roslaunch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-roslaunch
Install python-roslaunch 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-roslaunch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-roslaunch
How To Uninstall python-roslaunch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-roslaunch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-roslaunch
Uninstall python-roslaunch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-roslaunch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-roslaunch
Remove python-roslaunch Configurations and Data
To remove python-roslaunch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-roslaunch
Remove python-roslaunch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-roslaunch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-roslaunch
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslaunch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
