Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
libdiagnostic-msgs-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains the messages
which provide the standardized interface for the diagnostic and
runtime monitoring systems in ROS. These messages are currently used
by the https://wiki.ros.org/diagnostics stack, which provides
libraries for simple ways to set and access the messages, as well as
automated ways to process the diagnostic data.
This package contains the generated C/C++ header files.
There are three methods to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev 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 libdiagnostic-msgs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
Install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
Install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev 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 libdiagnostic-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
How To Uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdiagnostic-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
Uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdiagnostic-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
Remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
Remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdiagnostic-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiagnostic-msgs-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostic-msgs-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
