How To Install python-roslib on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslib on Debian 9.

What is python-roslib

python-roslib is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides base dependencies and support libraries for ROS. roslib contains many of the common data structures and tools that are shared across ROS client library implementations.

This package contains the Python library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-roslib

Install python-roslib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-roslib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-roslib

How To Uninstall python-roslib on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-roslib

Uninstall python-roslib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-roslib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-roslib

Remove python-roslib Configurations and Data

To remove python-roslib configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-roslib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-roslib have the following dependencies:

• python

References

• python-roslib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-roslib package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.