How To Install cl-topic-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-topic-tools on Kali Linux. cl-topic-tools is LISP library for working with Robot OS topics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-topic-tools on Kali Linux.

What is cl-topic-tools

cl-topic-tools is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains the lisp interface to the tools for directing, throttling, selecting, and otherwise messing with ROS topics at a meta level.

There are three methods to install cl-topic-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 cl-topic-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-topic-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-topic-tools

Install cl-topic-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-topic-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cl-topic-tools

Install cl-topic-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install cl-topic-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-topic-tools

How To Uninstall cl-topic-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cl-topic-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-topic-tools

Uninstall cl-topic-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-topic-tools

Remove cl-topic-tools Configurations and Data

To remove cl-topic-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-topic-tools

Remove cl-topic-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cl-topic-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-topic-tools

Dependencies

cl-topic-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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