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

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ros-desktop-full 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-full" package

This tutorial shows how to install ros-desktop-full on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: ros-desktop-full
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.16
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ros-desktop, ros-perception, ros-simulators
Description: Robot OS desktop-full metapackage
Description-md5: df1ff127667d46a840210999b17f3a98
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-metapackages/ros-desktop-full_1.16_all.deb
Size: 2840
MD5sum: 5f384985237e9c2f20121b694a7f1f56
SHA256: f953b04cde1b091fc75a72c66618505e1eaeba97329600ad76565c807f9a3acb