How To Install collada-urdf-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collada-urdf-tools on Kali Linux.
What is collada-urdf-tools
collada-urdf-tools is:
This package contains tools to convert between Unified Robot Description Format (URDF) documents and COLLAborative Design Activity (COLLADA) documents.
It implements robot-specific COLLADA extensions as defined by http://openrave.programmingvision.com/index.php/Started:COLLADA
This package contains the tools.
There are three methods to install collada-urdf-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 collada-urdf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install collada-urdf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install collada-urdf-toolsInstall collada-urdf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install collada-urdf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install collada-urdf-toolsInstall collada-urdf-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 collada-urdf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install collada-urdf-toolsHow To Uninstall collada-urdf-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the collada-urdf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove collada-urdf-toolsUninstall collada-urdf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall collada-urdf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove collada-urdf-toolsRemove collada-urdf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove collada-urdf-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge collada-urdf-toolsRemove collada-urdf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove collada-urdf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collada-urdf-toolsDependencies
collada-urdf-tools have the following dependencies:
- libassimp5
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libboost-program-options1.74.0
- libc6
- libcollada-parser1d
- libcollada-urdf1d
- libgcc-s1
- librosconsole3d
- libstdc++6
- liburdf1d
- liburdfdom-model
- liburdfdom-world
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collada-urdf-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.