# Install urdfdom

Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) parser. Version 6.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:urdfdom
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install urdfdom
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install liburdfdom-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#urdfdom
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ur/urdfdom/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:urdfdom
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/urdfdom>
- **Version:** 6.0.0
- **Source summary:** Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) parser
- **Homepage:** <https://wiki.ros.org/urdf/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ros/urdfdom>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/p/urdfdom>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/ros/urdfdom/archive/refs/tags/6.0.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-21T09:30:28Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- check_urdf (cli)
- urdf_mem_test (cli)
- urdf_to_graphviz (cli)
- check_urdf (alias)
- urdf_mem_test (alias)
- urdf_to_graphviz (alias)

## Dependencies

- console_bridge
- tinyxml2
- urdfdom_headers

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 6.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-21
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Upstream latest detected: 6.0.0 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** urdfdom
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - liburdfdom-dev - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - development files | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Debian apt - liburdfdom-model-state4.0 - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-model-state4.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - model state library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Debian apt - liburdfdom-model4.0 - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-model4.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - model library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Debian apt - liburdfdom-sensor4.0 - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-sensor4.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - sensor library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Debian apt - liburdfdom-tools - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-tools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - tools | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Debian apt - liburdfdom-world4.0 - 4.0.0-3+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liburdfdom-world4.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | URDF DOM - world library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Nix - urdfdom: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ur/urdfdom/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-dev - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - development files | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-model-state4.0 - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-model-state4.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - model state library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-model4.0 - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-model4.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - model library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-sensor4.0 - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-sensor4.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - sensor library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-tools - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-tools from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - tools | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom
- Ubuntu apt - liburdfdom-world4.0 - 4.0.0-0ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liburdfdom-world4.0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | URDF DOM - world library | https://github.com/ros/urdfdom


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