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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "ros-message-generation" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ros-message-generation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ros-message-generation" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ros-message-generation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ros-message-generation
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 24
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.3.0-3
Replaces: message-generation (<< 0.3.0-3)
Depends: python-gencpp, python-genlisp, python-genmsg, python-genpy
Breaks: message-generation (<< 0.3.0-3)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-message-generation/ros-message-generation_0.3.0-3_all.deb
Size: 5288
MD5sum: 9408cd32151283f52bcfda1556225c15
SHA1: 8326c620c96bbd0459537eb9585ec78cef4b856f
SHA256: e78607f8ea086171a7e049404e18f30bcef1f509e1a2b237e6b31655e3fc1380
Description-en: Generates build-time messaging dependencies for Robot OS packages
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains cmake macros to
generate build-time dependencies for the messages ROS packages use.
Description-md5: a4a4773259b03761a39ba683d1cbd518
Homepage: http://wiki.ros.org/message_generation
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu