How to Install and Uninstall catkin Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "catkin" package

Please follow the instructions below to install catkin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install catkin

2. Uninstall "catkin" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall catkin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove catkin $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the catkin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: catkin
Architecture: all
Version: 0.8.8-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: ros-catkin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 451
Depends: python3, python3-catkin-pkg (>= 0.4.14-2), python3-catkin, python3-empy, python3-setuptools, cmake-extras, libgtest-dev, ros-environment, python3:any
Recommends: bash-completion
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-catkin/catkin_0.8.8-1_all.deb
Size: 79580
MD5sum: dfd22dfcd2cd0af2f9578a23c5bdf71d
SHA1: f585ead85e9d3b23c6c57f2a1a810191062901ad
SHA256: b2537e38a5b7a8a89709c8ff13efaadcc7f0d08c591313f1f563c29320253961
SHA512: 26f312723117b07a2f5a21d3e1d89833f295a2119c2e2ea31bbc74461ef5894dd902b185df5d499a90512a9430ac4e47477f0e79c24febcd2ec935a5b41f4720
Homepage: https://wiki.ros.org/catkin
Description-en: Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for Robot OS
Catkin contains CMake macros that are useful in the development of
ROS-related systems. In ROS (Robot OS) Fuerte and later, many of the
lower-level libraries are being migrated to be CMake only.
Description-md5: 33ab274f6a426c47cf4494b0d3323c22