How To Install liboctomap-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctomap-dev on Kali Linux. liboctomap-dev is Octomap library development files

Introduction

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

What is liboctomap-dev

liboctomap-dev is:

The OctoMap library implements a 3D occupancy grid mapping approach, providing data structures and mapping algorithms in C++ particularly suited for robotics. The map implementation is based on an octree and is designed to meet the following requirements: Full 3D model, Updatable, Flexible and Compact. This package contains the development stuff.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboctomap-dev

Install liboctomap-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboctomap-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboctomap-dev

How To Uninstall liboctomap-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liboctomap-dev

Uninstall liboctomap-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctomap-dev

Remove liboctomap-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liboctomap-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liboctomap-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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