How To Install rviz on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz on Ubuntu 20.04. rviz is 3D visualization tool for Robot OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is rviz

rviz is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.

This package contains the rviz program.

There are three methods to install rviz 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 rviz Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rviz using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rviz

Install rviz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rviz using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rviz

Install rviz 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 rviz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rviz

How To Uninstall rviz on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the rviz package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rviz

Uninstall rviz And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rviz

Remove rviz Configurations and Data

To remove rviz configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rviz

Remove rviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rviz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rviz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.