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In general, how do ROS packages differ from Linux packages? Can I expect to use them to install libraries and other software, in the way I expect RPM and DEB packages to manage software installation in Linux? I would like to update the wiki pages to make any distinctions clearer to those coming from Ubuntu backgrounds. Thanks, friends!
ROS packages are not related to standard linux packages such as RPMs and debian packages.
ROS packages are described on the wiki at http://www.ros.org/wiki/Packages
On Ubuntu you can install debian packages of ROS stacks which contain ROS packages.
do you think the ROS package model will converge eventually to Linux/Ubuntu package model?
I share my experience. I feel ROS package is a set of tools based on linux libraries. If you want to build your robot program, you can only use standard linux libraries without ROS utilities, and you also can use both linux libraries and ROS utilities. Is that the answer what you want?
Asked: 2011-03-05 14:24:56 -0500
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Last updated: May 06 '11
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