How To Install choreonoid-plugins-base on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install choreonoid-plugins-base on Ubuntu 18.04. choreonoid-plugins-base is Integrated robotics GUI environment - core plug-ins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install choreonoid-plugins-base on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is choreonoid-plugins-base

choreonoid-plugins-base is:

Choreonoid is an integrated robotics GUI environment, which allows users to add their own functions on the basis of various basic robotics functions.

This package gathers choreonoid core plug-ins.

There are three methods to install choreonoid-plugins-base 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 choreonoid-plugins-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install choreonoid-plugins-base

Install choreonoid-plugins-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install choreonoid-plugins-base using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install choreonoid-plugins-base

Install choreonoid-plugins-base 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 choreonoid-plugins-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install choreonoid-plugins-base

How To Uninstall choreonoid-plugins-base on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the choreonoid-plugins-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove choreonoid-plugins-base

Uninstall choreonoid-plugins-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall choreonoid-plugins-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove choreonoid-plugins-base

Remove choreonoid-plugins-base Configurations and Data

To remove choreonoid-plugins-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge choreonoid-plugins-base

Remove choreonoid-plugins-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove choreonoid-plugins-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge choreonoid-plugins-base

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install choreonoid-plugins-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.