How To Install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7.

What is python2-rosdep

rosdep is a command-line tool for installing system dependencies. For end-users, rosdep helps you install system dependencies for software that you are building from source. For developers, rosdep simplifies the problem of installing system dependencies on different platforms. Instead of having to figure out which Debian package on Ubuntu Oneiric contains Boost, you can just specify a dependency on ‘boost’.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-rosdep.

Install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python2-rosdep using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-rosdep

Install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python2-rosdep using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-rosdep

How To Uninstall python2-rosdep on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python2-rosdep package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-rosdep

References

• python2-rosdep website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-rosdep on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.