How to Install and Uninstall ros-desktop Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ros-desktop" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ros-desktop on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ros-desktop 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 ros-desktop package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ros-desktop
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.16
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ros-robot, ros-viz, joint-state-publisher-gui
Description: Robot OS desktop metapackage
Description-md5: 78e1a8a93b0a4168dc78a7149a5b21ac
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-metapackages/ros-desktop_1.16_all.deb
Size: 2976
MD5sum: 4976bd11e8297ec3c2ffcdf9bd6a0618
SHA256: ea9863b9aa1bb11c12c319bbe0b8861792a955bed00e3958edab07274a83b3d5