How to Install and Uninstall catkin Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "catkin" package

Please follow the guidance below to install catkin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall catkin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                catkin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the catkin package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: catkin
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 486
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: ros-catkin
Version: 0.6.16-4
Depends: python, python-catkin-pkg, python-empy, cmake, libgtest-dev, python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Recommends: bash-completion
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-catkin/catkin_0.6.16-4_all.deb
Size: 85868
MD5sum: 6d320641d822304289f5c6a431c88eb6
SHA1: 12cb47fe9a80572d2de4181e464edfa341c7f8ad
SHA256: c2c4f10ae9753b757d8c36adf3bdf63456acb1bf49abc079fb3089ecb41169a2
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.ros.org/wiki/catkin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu