How To Install ament-cmake-pep257 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-pep257 on Ubuntu.
What is ament-cmake-pep257
ament-cmake-pep257 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 PEP-257 validation with pydocstyle to ament_cmake.
There are three methods to install ament-cmake-pep257 on Ubuntu. 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-pep257 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-pep257 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ament-cmake-pep257
Install ament-cmake-pep257 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ament-cmake-pep257 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ament-cmake-pep257
Install ament-cmake-pep257 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-pep257 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ament-cmake-pep257
How To Uninstall ament-cmake-pep257 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ament-cmake-pep257 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ament-cmake-pep257
Uninstall ament-cmake-pep257 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ament-cmake-pep257 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ament-cmake-pep257
Remove ament-cmake-pep257 Configurations and Data
To remove ament-cmake-pep257 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ament-cmake-pep257
Remove ament-cmake-pep257 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ament-cmake-pep257 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ament-cmake-pep257
Dependencies
ament-cmake-pep257 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ament-cmake-pep257 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.