How to Install and Uninstall joint-state-publisher Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "joint-state-publisher" package

Please follow the instructions below to install joint-state-publisher on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                joint-state-publisher
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "joint-state-publisher" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall joint-state-publisher on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 joint-state-publisher package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: joint-state-publisher
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 26
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: ros-robot-model
Version: 1.11.8-3~fakesync
Depends: python
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-robot-model/joint-state-publisher_1.11.8-3~fakesync_amd64.deb
Size: 6026
MD5sum: 94724125012e1f248fe411127491d0ff
SHA1: 7f19e27f3e4fc78196c4abfcece13db7f6f361ea
SHA256: 60588253b935f4e80c0ede0fba7af3a0d7aa91c8ba7cdd578dbe9114dc36354a
Description-en: ROS joint_state_publisher
This package contains a tool for setting and publishing joint state values for
a given URDF.
Description-md5: fdffc77ff48e1ccb6ba4bfb73a160e76
Homepage: http://wiki.ros.org/robot_model
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu