How To Install ament-cmake-pytest on Ubuntu 22.04

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

Introduction

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

What is ament-cmake-pytest

ament-cmake-pytest 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 Pytest to ament_cmake.

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

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

Install ament-cmake-pytest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-pytest

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

sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-pytest

How To Uninstall ament-cmake-pytest on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-pytest

Uninstall ament-cmake-pytest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ament-cmake-pytest 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-pytest

Remove ament-cmake-pytest Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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