How to Install and Uninstall libgeometry-msgs-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libgeometry-msgs-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libgeometry-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgeometry-msgs-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgeometry-msgs-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libgeometry-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libgeometry-msgs-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 254
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: ros-common-msgs
Version: 1.12.3-5
Depends: libstd-msgs-dev
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-common-msgs/libgeometry-msgs-dev_1.12.3-5_all.deb
Size: 18706
MD5sum: 15e2dbadb50f020f95bbf8203cad6b19
SHA1: e3f99e5c6b85dd399ceb3e39ca6b0aa8f8e5822d
SHA256: 34fdef8b6c0aebb46e5e5cb8724e285e1062f6d6a8e920e3d8676e43765ca0af
Description-en: Messages relating to Robot OS geometry, C/C++ interface
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and provides the messages for
common geometric primitives such as points, vectors, and poses. These
primitives are designed to provide a common data type and facilitate
interoperability throughout the system.
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This package contains the generated headers files.
Description-md5: dfc88f6b0b15aa6d136135f4d842bbba
Homepage: https://github.com/ros/common_msgs
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu