How To Install ros-nav-msgs on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-nav-msgs on Debian 11. ros-nav-msgs is Messages relating to Robot OS nav, definitions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-nav-msgs on Debian 11.

What is ros-nav-msgs

ros-nav-msgs is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides the common messages used to interact with the ’nav’ https://wiki.ros.org/navigation stack.

This package contains the message definitions.

There are three methods to install ros-nav-msgs 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-nav-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 ros-nav-msgs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ros-nav-msgs

Install ros-nav-msgs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ros-nav-msgs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ros-nav-msgs

Install ros-nav-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ros-nav-msgs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ros-nav-msgs

How To Uninstall ros-nav-msgs on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ros-nav-msgs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ros-nav-msgs

Uninstall ros-nav-msgs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ros-nav-msgs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-nav-msgs

Remove ros-nav-msgs Configurations and Data

To remove ros-nav-msgs configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ros-nav-msgs

Remove ros-nav-msgs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ros-nav-msgs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-nav-msgs

Dependencies

ros-nav-msgs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-nav-msgs package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.