How To Install libnanoflann-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnanoflann-dev on Kali Linux. libnanoflann-dev is C++11 header-only library for Nearest Neighbor Search with KD-Trees

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnanoflann-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libnanoflann-dev

libnanoflann-dev is:

Nanoflann is a fork of the FLANN library. Originally born as a child project of the Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit, nanoflann is now available as stand-alone library.

It trades some of the flexibility of FLANN for raw execution speed and is much more memory efficient, as it avoids unnecessary copies of point cloud data.

There are three methods to install libnanoflann-dev 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 libnanoflann-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnanoflann-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnanoflann-dev

Install libnanoflann-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnanoflann-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnanoflann-dev

Install libnanoflann-dev 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 libnanoflann-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnanoflann-dev

How To Uninstall libnanoflann-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnanoflann-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnanoflann-dev

Uninstall libnanoflann-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnanoflann-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnanoflann-dev

Remove libnanoflann-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libnanoflann-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnanoflann-dev

Remove libnanoflann-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnanoflann-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnanoflann-dev

Dependencies

libnanoflann-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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