How To Install python-rosmsg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosmsg on Debian 9.
What is python-rosmsg
python-rosmsg is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). rosmsg is a command-line tool for displaying information about ROS Message types. rossrv is a command-line tool for displaying information about ROS Service types.
There are three methods to install python-rosmsg 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-rosmsg 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-rosmsg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rosmsg
Install python-rosmsg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rosmsg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rosmsg
Install python-rosmsg 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-rosmsg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rosmsg
How To Uninstall python-rosmsg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-rosmsg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rosmsg
Uninstall python-rosmsg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rosmsg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rosmsg
Remove python-rosmsg Configurations and Data
To remove python-rosmsg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rosmsg
Remove python-rosmsg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rosmsg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rosmsg
Dependencies
python-rosmsg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rosmsg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.