How To Install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
python3-tf2-sensor-msgs is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). tf2 is the second generation of the transform library, which lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf2 maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.
This package contains the Python 3 code to transform sensor_msgs with tf2.
There are three methods to install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-tf2-sensor-msgs 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-tf2-sensor-msgs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
Install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
Install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs 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-tf2-sensor-msgs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
How To Uninstall python3-tf2-sensor-msgs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
Uninstall python3-tf2-sensor-msgs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
Remove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs Configurations and Data
To remove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
Remove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tf2-sensor-msgs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.