How To Install librobot-state-publisher-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librobot-state-publisher-dev on Kali Linux. librobot-state-publisher-dev is development files for Robot OS robot_state_publisher library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librobot-state-publisher-dev on Kali Linux.

What is librobot-state-publisher-dev

librobot-state-publisher-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This package allows you to publish the state of a robot to tf. Once the state gets published, it is available to all components in the system that also use tf. The package takes the joint angles of the robot as input and publishes the 3D poses of the robot links, using a kinematic tree model of the robot.

This package contains the development files for the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librobot-state-publisher-dev

Install librobot-state-publisher-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librobot-state-publisher-dev

Install librobot-state-publisher-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 librobot-state-publisher-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librobot-state-publisher-dev

How To Uninstall librobot-state-publisher-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librobot-state-publisher-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librobot-state-publisher-dev

Uninstall librobot-state-publisher-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librobot-state-publisher-dev

Remove librobot-state-publisher-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librobot-state-publisher-dev

Remove librobot-state-publisher-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librobot-state-publisher-dev

Dependencies

librobot-state-publisher-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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