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Hello,
The ros path and different versions of ros couses problem in my system. I want to completely uninstall ros from my system. I want to completely remove all things related to ros from my system. How can I done this?
Then wan't to install a fresh ROS
If you're running Ubuntu, and installed ROS with apt-get, the first step would be
sudo apt-get remove ros-*
If you've created a workspace, you'll have to also remove that... and if you added the setup scripts to your .bashrc, you'd have to remove them too.
If you've installed from source then it will be more complicated.
@newbieros did you try $ sudo apt-get remove ros-jade-* ? You have to add the asterisk in there.
@Jon what if you did install it from a source? what do you have to do to remove it?
i removed ROS using the command and deleted catkin_ws manually but still when i open my terminal i see this.........
bash: /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash: No such file or directory bash: /home/kaustubh/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash: No such file or directory
kaustubh@ubuntu:~$
Please help me get rid of this
@Kaustubh Patil - if you are on Ubuntu you have to remove the line from .bashrc: Edit the file ./bashrc: sudo nano ~/.bashrc
The remove the line that looks something like this: : source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash
Note that this syntax does not work between aptversions 1.9.9 and 2.0.2: https://askubuntu.com/a/1218821
Instead, use sudo apt uninstall '?name(ros-*)'
Use
sudo apt-get purge ros-*
It will also remove configuration files. And then
sudo apt-get autoremove
To remove dependencies
The command should be sudo apt-get purge '^ros-*', to match really only things that start with ros-, otherwise it will uninstall other packages that contain the string ros, like things with microsoft in the name (this is probably also the answer to your problem, @aidos).
Hi. First thing to do is: sudo apt-get remove ros-* as Jon Stephan said before. Then, you should check your ~/.bashrc (as noted before). Check for your /opt/ directory, where a ROS folder may still exist.
Reboot. You might want to verify that ROS is completely removed by echoing ROS_PACKAGE_PATH or other variables.
Hello! I know its coming in quite late, but if anyone else is looking for the solution:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove ros-<distro_name>-desktop-full
replace <distro_name> with the distro you are currently using, in my case, melodic:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove ros-melodic-desktop-full
Asked: 2013-03-05 13:23:40 -0500
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Last updated: Aug 25 '21
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