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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libsensor-msgs-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libsensor-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libsensor-msgs-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 372
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: ros-common-msgs
Version: 1.12.3-5
Depends: libboost-dev, libgeometry-msgs-dev
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-common-msgs/libsensor-msgs-dev_1.12.3-5_all.deb
Size: 37390
MD5sum: 3404e89b59a15ae661cd6e4ddd6445da
SHA1: 70d41cd57db555825a112928c21231375a408046
SHA256: 01a2b60bee8a2f60c4d76f459f649abac4a8a10b13ea5d8037d7222f21995f98
Description-en: Messages relating to Robot OS sensor, C/C++ interface
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS).
This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including
cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.
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This package contains the generated headers files.
Description-md5: b0b1e48991ec2f5ab8d60a7b9b0eeb70
Homepage: https://github.com/ros/common_msgs
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu