How To Install python3-cv-bridge on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cv-bridge on Kali Linux. python3-cv-bridge is cv_bridge ROS package - Python 3 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cv-bridge on Kali Linux.

What is python3-cv-bridge

python3-cv-bridge is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the Python interface for CvBridge, which converts between ROS Image messages and OpenCV images.

This package contains Python 3 code.

There are three methods to install python3-cv-bridge 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 python3-cv-bridge Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-cv-bridge using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cv-bridge

Install python3-cv-bridge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-cv-bridge using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-cv-bridge

Install python3-cv-bridge 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 python3-cv-bridge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cv-bridge

How To Uninstall python3-cv-bridge on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-cv-bridge package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-cv-bridge

Uninstall python3-cv-bridge And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-cv-bridge and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cv-bridge

Remove python3-cv-bridge Configurations and Data

To remove python3-cv-bridge configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cv-bridge

Remove python3-cv-bridge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-cv-bridge configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cv-bridge

Dependencies

python3-cv-bridge have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cv-bridge package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.