How To Install python-tf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tf on Debian 9. python-tf is Robot OS tf transform library - Python

Introduction

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

What is python-tf

python-tf is:

tf is a package that lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.

This package contains the Python bindings and is part of Robot OS (ROS)

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-tf

Install python-tf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-tf

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-tf

How To Uninstall python-tf on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-tf

Uninstall python-tf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tf

Remove python-tf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tf

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-tf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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