How To Install libgazebo-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgazebo-dev on Kali Linux. libgazebo-dev is Open Source Robotics Simulator - Development Files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgazebo-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgazebo-dev

libgazebo-dev is:

Gazebo is a multi-robot simulator for outdoor environments. Like Stage (part of the Player project), it is capable of simulating a population of robots, sensors and objects, but does so in a three-dimensional world. It generates both realistic sensor feedback and physically plausible interactions between objects (it includes an accurate simulation of rigid-body physics).

This package contains development files (headers, shared library symbolic link and pkg-config file).

There are three methods to install libgazebo-dev 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 libgazebo-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgazebo-dev

Install libgazebo-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgazebo-dev

Install libgazebo-dev 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 libgazebo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgazebo-dev

How To Uninstall libgazebo-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgazebo-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgazebo-dev

Uninstall libgazebo-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgazebo-dev

Remove libgazebo-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgazebo-dev

Remove libgazebo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgazebo-dev

Dependencies

libgazebo-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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