How To Install python-wstool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wstool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-wstool
python-wstool is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides commands to manage several local VCS repositories based on a single workspace definition file (.rosinstall). Git, Mercurial, Subversion, and Bazaar are supported.
wstool replaces the rosws tool for catkin workspaces. As catkin workspaces create their own setup file and environment, wstool is reduced to version control functions only. So wstool does not have a “regenerate” command, and does not allow adding non-version controlled elements to workspaces. In all other respects, it behaves the same as rosws.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-wstool 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-wstool 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-wstool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-wstool
Install python-wstool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-wstool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-wstool
Install python-wstool 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-wstool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-wstool
How To Uninstall python-wstool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-wstool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-wstool
Uninstall python-wstool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-wstool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wstool
Remove python-wstool Configurations and Data
To remove python-wstool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-wstool
Remove python-wstool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-wstool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-wstool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wstool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
