How To Install science-robotics on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-robotics
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is science-robotics
science-robotics is:
This metapackage is part of the Debian Pure Blend “Debian Science” and installs packages related to Robotics.
You might also be interested in the science-engineering metapackage.
There are three methods to install science-robotics
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 science-robotics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-robotics
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-robotics
Install science-robotics Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-robotics
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-robotics
Install science-robotics 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 science-robotics
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-robotics
How To Uninstall science-robotics on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the science-robotics
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-robotics
Uninstall science-robotics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-robotics
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-robotics
Remove science-robotics Configurations and Data
To remove science-robotics
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-robotics
Remove science-robotics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-robotics
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-robotics
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-robotics
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.