How To Install image-transport-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-transport-tools on Kali Linux.
What is image-transport-tools
image-transport-tools is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This library should always be used to subscribe to and publish images. It (image_transport) provides transparent support for transporting images in low-bandwidth compressed formats. Examples (provided by separate plugin packages) include JPEG/PNG compression and Theora streaming video.
This package provides the tools list_transports and republish.
There are three methods to install image-transport-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 image-transport-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install image-transport-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install image-transport-toolsInstall image-transport-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install image-transport-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install image-transport-toolsInstall image-transport-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 image-transport-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install image-transport-toolsHow To Uninstall image-transport-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the image-transport-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove image-transport-toolsUninstall image-transport-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall image-transport-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove image-transport-toolsRemove image-transport-tools Configurations and Data
To remove image-transport-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge image-transport-toolsRemove image-transport-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove image-transport-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge image-transport-toolsDependencies
image-transport-tools have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libc6
- libclass-loader1d
- libconsole-bridge0.4
- libgcc-s1
- libimage-transport0d
- librosconsole3d
- libroscpp3d
- libroslib0d
- libstdc++6
- libtinyxml2-8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-transport-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.