How To Install cyclonedds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclonedds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. cyclonedds-tools is Eclipse Cyclone DDS tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyclonedds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cyclonedds-tools

cyclonedds-tools is:

Eclipse Cyclone DDS is a very performant and robust open-source implementation of the Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard by the Object Management Group (OMG) and the related wire protocol for interoperability (RTPS). It is developed completely in the open as an Eclipse IoT project with a growing list of adopters, and has become a tier-1 middleware for the Robot Operating System (ROS 2).

This package installs the command-line tools for Cyclone DDS, most importantly the Interface Definition Language (IDL) compiler, which is needed to specify data exchange formats for the participants in a DDS network.

There are three methods to install cyclonedds-tools 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 cyclonedds-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cyclonedds-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cyclonedds-tools

Install cyclonedds-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cyclonedds-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cyclonedds-tools

Install cyclonedds-tools 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 cyclonedds-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cyclonedds-tools

How To Uninstall cyclonedds-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cyclonedds-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyclonedds-tools

Uninstall cyclonedds-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyclonedds-tools

Remove cyclonedds-tools Configurations and Data

To remove cyclonedds-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyclonedds-tools

Remove cyclonedds-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cyclonedds-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyclonedds-tools

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Summary

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