How To Install librviz6d 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 librviz6d on Ubuntu.

What is `librviz6d`

librviz6d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.

This package contains the rviz library.

There are three methods to install librviz6d 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 librviz6d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librviz6d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librviz6d

Install librviz6d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librviz6d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librviz6d

Install librviz6d 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 librviz6d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librviz6d

How To Uninstall librviz6d on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the librviz6d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librviz6d

Uninstall librviz6d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librviz6d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librviz6d

Remove librviz6d Configurations and Data

To remove librviz6d configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librviz6d

Remove librviz6d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librviz6d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librviz6d

Dependencies

librviz6d have the following dependencies:

References

librviz6d website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librviz6d package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.