How To Install liboctovis-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboctovis-dev on Kali Linux. liboctovis-dev is Visualization library for OctoMap development files

Introduction

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

What is liboctovis-dev

liboctovis-dev is:

Visualization library for the OctoMap library based on Qt and libQGLViewer. This library encapsulates the functions to view a Octomap octrees. This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboctovis-dev

Install liboctovis-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboctovis-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboctovis-dev

How To Uninstall liboctovis-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liboctovis-dev

Uninstall liboctovis-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboctovis-dev

Remove liboctovis-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liboctovis-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liboctovis-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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