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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "ros-simulators-dev" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-simulators-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "ros-simulators-dev" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ros-simulators-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the ros-simulators-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ros-simulators-dev
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-simulators, ros-robot-dev, libgazebo7-dev
Recommends: ros-simulators-python-dev, ros-simulators-lisp-dev
Filename: pool/universe/r/ros-metapackages/ros-simulators-dev_1.5_all.deb
Size: 1722
MD5sum: 524f4562a67a691f9425f856493979ec
SHA1: 68c6cc4124405bcc906227bb508f19bd00d898d6
SHA256: 2d64f815ecc60afc72d58cb962429d06f0dbef728bc0f639666b9c9dd1ab20c4
Description-en: Robot OS simulators development metapackage
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which
provides a ROS simulators development system (including ROS robot).
.
Different to upstream, this packages does not provide:
gazebo_ros_pkgs, rqt_common_plugins, rqt_robot_plugins, stage_ros.
Please install them from source, if you need them.
Description-md5: 871f4e4241c477616bade99ce2fa3a5c
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu