How To Install tf-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf-tools on Debian 10.
What is tf-tools
tf-tools is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains transform library tools. Although tf is mainly a code library meant to be used within ROS nodes, it comes with a large set of command-line tools that assist in the debugging and creation of tf coordinate frames. These tools include: static_transform_publisher, tf_change_notifier, tf_echo, tf_empty_listener tf_monitor, tf_remap and view_frames_tf
There are three methods to install tf-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tf-tools
Install tf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tf-tools
Install tf-tools 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 tf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tf-tools
How To Uninstall tf-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tf-tools
Uninstall tf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tf-tools
Remove tf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove tf-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tf-tools
Remove tf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tf-tools
Dependencies
tf-tools have the following dependencies:
- libactionlib0d
- libboost-atomic1.67.0
- libboost-chrono1.67.0
- libboost-date-time1.67.0
- libboost-filesystem1.67.0
- libboost-regex1.67.0
- libboost-signals1.67.0
- libboost-system1.67.0
- libboost-thread1.67.0
- libc6
- libconsole-bridge0.4
- libcpp-common0d
- libgcc1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.