How to Install and Uninstall ros-desktop Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ros-desktop" package

This is a short guide on how to install ros-desktop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ros-desktop" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ros-desktop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ros-desktop
Priority: extra
Section: universe/metapackages
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.5
Depends: ros-robot, ros-viz
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-metapackages/ros-desktop_1.5_all.deb
Size: 1694
MD5sum: e6a4e15c680db21a46feb41cd587ddb9
SHA1: daf974e0cbbb38117b693fa0452b70fac09466ca
SHA256: d6241b163cd77899e787152f5a6b1e15f6d5a42286589428061f4136184eb5d0
Description-en: Robot OS desktop metapackage
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which
provides the ROS desktop system (including ROS robot and viz).
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Different to upstream, this packages does not provide:
common_tutorials, geometry_tutorials, ros_tutorials, roslint, urdf_tutorial,
visualization_tutorials.
Please install them from source, if you need them.
Description-md5: 395144bd5164956439d0dcacebee2fe3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu