How To Install python-tf2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-tf2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-tf2 is Robot OS tf2 transform library - Python 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tf2 on Debian 10.

What is python-tf2

python-tf2 is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). tf2 is the second generation of the transform library, which lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf2 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 2 binding.

There are three methods to install python-tf2 on Debian 10. 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-tf2 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-tf2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-tf2

Install python-tf2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-tf2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-tf2

Install python-tf2 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-tf2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-tf2

How To Uninstall python-tf2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-tf2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-tf2

Uninstall python-tf2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-tf2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tf2

Remove python-tf2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-tf2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tf2

Remove python-tf2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-tf2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tf2

Dependencies

python-tf2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tf2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.