How To Install ros-shape-msgs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-shape-msgs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ros-shape-msgs
ros-shape-msgs is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.
This package contains the message definitions.
There are three methods to install ros-shape-msgs 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 ros-shape-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-shape-msgs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-shape-msgs
Install ros-shape-msgs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-shape-msgs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-shape-msgs
Install ros-shape-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 ros-shape-msgs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-shape-msgs
How To Uninstall ros-shape-msgs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ros-shape-msgs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-shape-msgs
Uninstall ros-shape-msgs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-shape-msgs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-shape-msgs
Remove ros-shape-msgs Configurations and Data
To remove ros-shape-msgs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-shape-msgs
Remove ros-shape-msgs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-shape-msgs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-shape-msgs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-shape-msgs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
