Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeometric-shapes-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgeometric-shapes-dev
libgeometric-shapes-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains generic
definitions of geometric shapes and bodies.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libgeometric-shapes-dev 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 libgeometric-shapes-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 libgeometric-shapes-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeometric-shapes-dev
Install libgeometric-shapes-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeometric-shapes-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeometric-shapes-dev
Install libgeometric-shapes-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 libgeometric-shapes-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeometric-shapes-dev
How To Uninstall libgeometric-shapes-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgeometric-shapes-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeometric-shapes-dev
Uninstall libgeometric-shapes-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeometric-shapes-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeometric-shapes-dev
Remove libgeometric-shapes-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeometric-shapes-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeometric-shapes-dev
Remove libgeometric-shapes-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeometric-shapes-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeometric-shapes-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeometric-shapes-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
