How to Install and Uninstall ros-desktop Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "ros-desktop" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ros-desktop on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ros-desktop" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ros-desktop on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ros-desktop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ros-desktop package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ros-desktop
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.12
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ros-robot, ros-viz
Description: Robot OS desktop metapackage
Description-md5: 78e1a8a93b0a4168dc78a7149a5b21ac
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-metapackages/ros-desktop_1.12_all.deb
Size: 2732
MD5sum: acd4bc1836288fdf17f1131d07a6e04f
SHA256: e384b5673b0c0c39b466374f3d8981ea6b9d0e7ea9ab8addeace1e22ed655e7c