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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "colcon" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "colcon" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall colcon on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colcon package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: colcon
Source: ros2-colcon-core
Version: 0.12.1-1
Installed-Size: 11
Maintainer: Debian Robotics Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-colcon-core
Recommends: python3-colcon-argcomplete, python3-colcon-bash, python3-colcon-cd, python3-colcon-cmake, python3-colcon-defaults, python3-colcon-devtools, python3-colcon-library-path, python3-colcon-metadata, python3-colcon-notification, python3-colcon-output, python3-colcon-package-information, python3-colcon-package-selection, python3-colcon-parallel-executor, python3-colcon-python-setup-py, python3-colcon-recursive-crawl, python3-colcon-ros, python3-colcon-test-result, python3-colcon-zsh
Description: collective construction meta build tool
Description-md5: 9e5096ed7e7af4c9951a1696a626167b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://colcon.readthedocs.io/
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros2-colcon-core/colcon_0.12.1-1_all.deb
Size: 3232
MD5sum: e23b7fedce37dd10fddbb2e9a4c3a414
SHA256: 0edc0563d3e8d21192577acfa63d448ec52d065aff16b1fd07867e2197a41f52