How To Install libddsc-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libddsc-tools on Kali Linux. libddsc-tools is Eclipse Cyclone DDS tools

Introduction

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

What is libddsc-tools

libddsc-tools is:

Eclipse Cyclone DDS is a very performant and robust open-source DDS implementation. Cyclone DDS is developed completely in the open as an Eclipse IoT project with a growing list of adopters. It is a tier-1 middleware for the Robot Operating System (ROS 2).

This package installs the command-line tools for Cyclone DDS.

There are three methods to install libddsc-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 libddsc-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 libddsc-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libddsc-tools

Install libddsc-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libddsc-tools

Install libddsc-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 libddsc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libddsc-tools

How To Uninstall libddsc-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libddsc-tools

Uninstall libddsc-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libddsc-tools

Remove libddsc-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libddsc-tools

Remove libddsc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libddsc-tools

Dependencies

libddsc-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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