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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "ros-simulators" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ros-simulators on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall ros-simulators on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ros-simulators
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, gazebo7
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-metapackages/ros-simulators_1.5_all.deb
Size: 1680
MD5sum: 90f627869bc293fde8c7769eb2adb114
SHA1: bf416ea18242f7ba5b692d1f34702a3edc5dfed0
SHA256: 674d04b5355e849d81ee0608bce9ef2e04e35d1b48a97cb80002866728baf0b5
Description-en: Python Robot OS simulators metapackage
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which
provides all the ROS robot system (including ROS robot).
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Different to upstream, this packages does not provide:
rqt_common_plugins, rqt_robot_plugins, stage_ros.
Please install them from source, if you need them.
Description-md5: 1a7284dbb7956483b02c6a041aa3d56b
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu