How to Install and Uninstall catkin Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the catkin on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "catkin" package

This is a short guide on how to install catkin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                catkin
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "catkin" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall catkin on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                catkin
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the catkin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: catkin
Source: ros-catkin
Version: 0.8.10-9
Installed-Size: 463
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: python3, python3-catkin-pkg, python3-catkin, python3-empy, python3-setuptools, cmake-extras, ros-environment, python3:any
Recommends: bash-completion
Description: Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for Robot OS
Description-md5: 33ab274f6a426c47cf4494b0d3323c22
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://wiki.ros.org/catkin
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-catkin/catkin_0.8.10-9_all.deb
Size: 94372
MD5sum: 0ee2ee31ca1119162425872951568b31
SHA256: c530a9b7bd9502d10344255f43cbe527922675f632c367f3f85513ed333c397c