How To Install python3-colcon-ros on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-colcon-ros on Debian 12.
What is python3-colcon-ros
python3-colcon-ros is:
This package is part of ROS 2, the Robot Operating System. It extends colcon, the meta build tool used in ROS 2, with support for ROS packages.
There are three methods to install python3-colcon-ros on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-colcon-ros Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-colcon-ros using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-colcon-ros
Install python3-colcon-ros Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-colcon-ros using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-colcon-ros
Install python3-colcon-ros 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 python3-colcon-ros using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-colcon-ros
How To Uninstall python3-colcon-ros on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-colcon-ros package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-colcon-ros
Uninstall python3-colcon-ros And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-colcon-ros and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-colcon-ros
Remove python3-colcon-ros Configurations and Data
To remove python3-colcon-ros configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-colcon-ros
Remove python3-colcon-ros configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-colcon-ros configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-colcon-ros
Dependencies
python3-colcon-ros have the following dependencies:
- python3-catkin-pkg
- python3-colcon-cmake
- python3-colcon-core
- python3-colcon-pkg-config
- python3-colcon-python-setup-py
- python3-colcon-recursive-crawl
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-colcon-ros package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
