How To Install joint-state-publisher-gui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher-gui on Kali Linux. joint-state-publisher-gui is ROS joint_state_publisher_gui

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher-gui on Kali Linux.

What is joint-state-publisher-gui

joint-state-publisher-gui is:

This package contains a tool for setting and publishing joint state values for a given URDF. It publishes sensor_msgs/JointState messages for a robot. The package reads the robot_description parameter, finds all of the non-fixed joints and publishes a JointState message with all those joints defined.

It can be used in conjunction with the robot_state_publisher node to also publish transforms for all joint states.

This package contains the Qt GUI

There are three methods to install joint-state-publisher-gui on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install joint-state-publisher-gui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install joint-state-publisher-gui

Install joint-state-publisher-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install joint-state-publisher-gui

Install joint-state-publisher-gui Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install joint-state-publisher-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install joint-state-publisher-gui

How To Uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the joint-state-publisher-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove joint-state-publisher-gui

Uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall joint-state-publisher-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove joint-state-publisher-gui

Remove joint-state-publisher-gui Configurations and Data

To remove joint-state-publisher-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge joint-state-publisher-gui

Remove joint-state-publisher-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove joint-state-publisher-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joint-state-publisher-gui

Dependencies

joint-state-publisher-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install joint-state-publisher-gui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.