How To Install python3-rospkg on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rospkg on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-rospkg
python3-rospkg is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a library for retrieving information about ROS packages and stacks. The rospkg Python module provides basic utilities for querying information about ROS packages, stacks, and distributions. There are several basic APIs: ROS environment, RosPack/RosStack, OS detection, and distributions.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-rospkg 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 python3-rospkg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rospkg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rospkg
Install python3-rospkg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-rospkg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rospkg
Install python3-rospkg 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 python3-rospkg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rospkg
How To Uninstall python3-rospkg on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-rospkg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rospkg
Uninstall python3-rospkg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rospkg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rospkg
Remove python3-rospkg Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rospkg configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rospkg
Remove python3-rospkg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rospkg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rospkg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rospkg package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
