How To Install ros-image-publisher 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 ros-image-publisher on Ubuntu.
What is ros-image-publisher
ros-image-publisher is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The package provides the library to publish an image stream from single image file or avi motion file. Contains a ROS node.
There are three methods to install ros-image-publisher 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 ros-image-publisher Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-image-publisher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-image-publisher
Install ros-image-publisher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ros-image-publisher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-image-publisher
Install ros-image-publisher 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 ros-image-publisher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-image-publisher
How To Uninstall ros-image-publisher on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ros-image-publisher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-image-publisher
Uninstall ros-image-publisher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-image-publisher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-image-publisher
Remove ros-image-publisher Configurations and Data
To remove ros-image-publisher configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-image-publisher
Remove ros-image-publisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-image-publisher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-image-publisher
Dependencies
ros-image-publisher have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-image-publisher package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.