How To Install ament-cmake-cppcheck on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-cppcheck on Ubuntu 22.04. ament-cmake-cppcheck is CMake build system for ROS 2 ament packages (cppcheck)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-cppcheck on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ament-cmake-cppcheck

ament-cmake-cppcheck is:

The ament build system is the most common way to build packages for ROS 2. ament_cmake provides the necessary tooling to build ament packages with CMake.

This package adds support for linting with cppcheck to ament_cmake.

There are three methods to install ament-cmake-cppcheck on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ament-cmake-cppcheck Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ament-cmake-cppcheck

Install ament-cmake-cppcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-cppcheck using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-cppcheck

Install ament-cmake-cppcheck 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 ament-cmake-cppcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-cppcheck

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-cppcheck on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ament-cmake-cppcheck package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-cppcheck

Uninstall ament-cmake-cppcheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-cppcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ament-cmake-cppcheck

Remove ament-cmake-cppcheck Configurations and Data

To remove ament-cmake-cppcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ament-cmake-cppcheck

Remove ament-cmake-cppcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ament-cmake-cppcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ament-cmake-cppcheck

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-cppcheck package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.