How to Install and Uninstall ros-std-msgs Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "ros-std-msgs" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ros-std-msgs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-std-msgs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ros-std-msgs" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ros-std-msgs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ros-std-msgs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ros-std-msgs package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ros-std-msgs
Architecture: all
Version: 0.5.13-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 43
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-std-msgs/ros-std-msgs_0.5.13-1_all.deb
Size: 5444
MD5sum: 537b649898c54db90bf05f32f79bba44
SHA1: 0120f975d2053979b366309edf14408f994e9158
SHA256: 6f752317c8d8b3497f153c3bdf9c93d993d61dfe842b1935330f2c0b77d7625e
SHA512: 76b0aa76318575b3adff3c7f1a905f9904339356d6b20ba8cb8cf07d355d3066c3a210847e31d427a317731f1a0db8156348621b69a2099566719ddd43a6dab2
Homepage: https://wiki.ros.org/std_msgs
Description-en: Message definitions for Standard Robot OS Messages
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains message
definitions for the ROS std_msgs library, which contains wrappers for
ROS primitive types, which are documented in the msg specification. It
also contains the Empty type, which is useful for sending an empty
signal.
Description-md5: 0a0de2a10d60d15d93c6e9f67712a4ab