How To Install python-rostopic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rostopic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rostopic
python-rostopic is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This tool helps debugging by showing debug information about ROS Topics, including publishers, subscribers, publishing rate, and ROS Messages. It also contains an experimental Python library for getting information about, and interacting with, topics dynamically. This library is for internal use only as the code API may change, though it does provide examples of how to implement dynamic subscription and publication behaviors in ROS.
There are three methods to install python-rostopic 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-rostopic 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-rostopic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rostopic
Install python-rostopic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rostopic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rostopic
Install python-rostopic 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-rostopic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rostopic
How To Uninstall python-rostopic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rostopic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rostopic
Uninstall python-rostopic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rostopic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rostopic
Remove python-rostopic Configurations and Data
To remove python-rostopic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rostopic
Remove python-rostopic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rostopic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rostopic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rostopic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
