How To Install ament-cmake-googletest on Ubuntu 22.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ament-cmake-googletest

ament-cmake-googletest 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 GTest and GMock to ament_cmake.

There are three methods to install ament-cmake-googletest 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-googletest 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-googletest using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install ament-cmake-googletest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-googletest

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

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-googletest

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-googletest on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-googletest

Uninstall ament-cmake-googletest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-googletest 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-googletest

Remove ament-cmake-googletest Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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