How To Install catkin-lint on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install catkin-lint on Kali Linux. catkin-lint is Check Robot OS catkin packages for common errors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install catkin-lint on Kali Linux.

What is catkin-lint

catkin-lint is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). catkin_lint checks package configurations for the catkin build system of ROS. It runs a static analysis of the package.xml and CMakeLists.txt files in your package, and it will detect and report a number of common problems.

There are three methods to install catkin-lint 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 catkin-lint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install catkin-lint

Install catkin-lint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install catkin-lint

Install catkin-lint 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 catkin-lint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install catkin-lint

How To Uninstall catkin-lint on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the catkin-lint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove catkin-lint

Uninstall catkin-lint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove catkin-lint

Remove catkin-lint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge catkin-lint

Remove catkin-lint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge catkin-lint

Dependencies

catkin-lint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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