How To Install ros-desktop-full on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-desktop-full on Debian 9.
What is ros-desktop-full
ros-desktop-full is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which provides the ROS desktop-full system.
There are three methods to install ros-desktop-full on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ros-desktop-full Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-desktop-full using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-desktop-full
Install ros-desktop-full Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-desktop-full using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-desktop-full
Install ros-desktop-full 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 ros-desktop-full using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-desktop-full
How To Uninstall ros-desktop-full on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ros-desktop-full package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-desktop-full
Uninstall ros-desktop-full And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-desktop-full and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-desktop-full
Remove ros-desktop-full Configurations and Data
To remove ros-desktop-full configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-desktop-full
Remove ros-desktop-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-desktop-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-desktop-full
Dependencies
ros-desktop-full have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-desktop-full package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.