How To Install ros-environment on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-environment on Debian 11.
What is ros-environment
ros-environment is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides hooks to set the environment variables ROS_VERSION, ROS_DISTRO, ROS_PACKAGE_PATH, and ROS_ETC_DIR.
There are three methods to install ros-environment on Debian 11. 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-environment 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-environment using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-environment
Install ros-environment Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-environment using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-environment
Install ros-environment 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-environment using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-environment
How To Uninstall ros-environment on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ros-environment package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-environment
Uninstall ros-environment And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-environment and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-environment
Remove ros-environment Configurations and Data
To remove ros-environment configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-environment
Remove ros-environment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-environment configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-environment
Dependencies
ros-environment have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-environment package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
