Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeometry-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libgeometry-msgs-dev
libgeometry-msgs-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides the messages for
common geometric primitives such as points, vectors, and poses. These
primitives are designed to provide a common data type and facilitate
interoperability throughout the system.
This package contains the generated headers files.
There are three methods to install libgeometry-msgs-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 libgeometry-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 libgeometry-msgs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeometry-msgs-dev
Install libgeometry-msgs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeometry-msgs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeometry-msgs-dev
Install libgeometry-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 libgeometry-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeometry-msgs-dev
How To Uninstall libgeometry-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libgeometry-msgs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeometry-msgs-dev
Uninstall libgeometry-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeometry-msgs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeometry-msgs-dev
Remove libgeometry-msgs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeometry-msgs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeometry-msgs-dev
Remove libgeometry-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeometry-msgs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeometry-msgs-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeometry-msgs-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
