How To Install python3-rcutils on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-rcutils on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-rcutils is C Utilities and Data Structures for ROS 2 (Python 3 library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rcutils on Debian 12.

What is python3-rcutils

python3-rcutils is:

This package is part of ROS 2, the Robot Operating System. It provides basic macros, functions, and data structures for the ROS 2 codebase.

This package installs the Python 3 library.

There are three methods to install python3-rcutils 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-rcutils 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-rcutils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rcutils

Install python3-rcutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-rcutils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-rcutils

Install python3-rcutils 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-rcutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rcutils

How To Uninstall python3-rcutils on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-rcutils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-rcutils

Uninstall python3-rcutils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-rcutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rcutils

Remove python3-rcutils Configurations and Data

To remove python3-rcutils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rcutils

Remove python3-rcutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-rcutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rcutils

Dependencies

python3-rcutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rcutils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.