How To Install tf-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf-tools on Kali Linux.
What is tf-tools
tf-tools is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS), and contains transform library tools. Although tf is mainly a code library meant to be used within ROS nodes, it comes with a large set of command-line tools that assist in the debugging and creation of tf coordinate frames. These tools include: static_transform_publisher, tf_change_notifier, tf_echo, tf_empty_listener tf_monitor, tf_remap and view_frames_tf
There are three methods to install tf-tools 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 tf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tf-toolsInstall tf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tf-toolsInstall tf-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tf-toolsHow To Uninstall tf-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tf-toolsUninstall tf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tf-toolsRemove tf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove tf-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tf-toolsRemove tf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tf-toolsDependencies
tf-tools have the following dependencies:
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- librosconsole3d
- libroscpp-serialization0d
- libroscpp3d
- librostime1d
- libstdc++6
- libtf1d
- libxmlrpcpp3d
- python3-tf
- python3
- graphviz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tf-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
