How To Install python3-rosdistro on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosdistro on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-rosdistro
python3-rosdistro is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The rosdistro tool allows you to get access to the full dependency tree and the vcs information of all packages and repositories.
rosdistro is a file format for managing ROS Distributions and the ROS stacks they contain. This file format is used as input to a variety of tools in the ROS build and release toolchain, from stack release tools to rosdoc. The rosdistro format has changed for Catkin-based repositories.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-rosdistro 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 python3-rosdistro 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-rosdistro using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rosdistro
Install python3-rosdistro Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rosdistro using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rosdistro
Install python3-rosdistro 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 python3-rosdistro using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rosdistro
How To Uninstall python3-rosdistro on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-rosdistro package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rosdistro
Uninstall python3-rosdistro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rosdistro and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rosdistro
Remove python3-rosdistro Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rosdistro configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rosdistro
Remove python3-rosdistro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rosdistro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rosdistro
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosdistro package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
