How To Install python-rviz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rviz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rviz
python-rviz is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.
This package contains the Python interface to the rviz library.
There are three methods to install python-rviz 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-rviz 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-rviz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rviz
Install python-rviz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rviz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rviz
Install python-rviz 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-rviz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rviz
How To Uninstall python-rviz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rviz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rviz
Uninstall python-rviz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rviz
Remove python-rviz Configurations and Data
To remove python-rviz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rviz
Remove python-rviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rviz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rviz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rviz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
