How to Install and Uninstall colcon Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "colcon" package

This is a short guide on how to install colcon on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                colcon
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "colcon" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall colcon on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                colcon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colcon package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: colcon
Architecture: all
Version: 0.15.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: ros2-colcon-core
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Robotics Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12
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
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros2-colcon-core/colcon_0.15.2-1_all.deb
Size: 2338
MD5sum: b377eae1841c77833697faf0cc5b6fbb
SHA1: a6963254ca582005fcb6c4b550c48a719e4bb65f
SHA256: 806530d264d9581c8486bdb51fa9b2d337f961c3595a86e4cff50a3f7bbb84eb
SHA512: 7982b90274092e2ed6ebebfb5a81f4cee1e16cf461e0c82b2daffcc97f55e657fefac57adc655cd4c8d8a4a8033c8ec4acafdb1146d9056a713b8924e1aa922d
Homepage: https://colcon.readthedocs.io/
Description: collective construction meta build tool
Description-md5: 9e5096ed7e7af4c9951a1696a626167b