How To Install librviz-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librviz-dev on Kali Linux. librviz-dev is Development files for the Robot OS 3D visualization tool

Introduction

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

What is librviz-dev

librviz-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.

This package contains the development files for the rviz library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librviz-dev

Install librviz-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librviz-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librviz-dev

How To Uninstall librviz-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librviz-dev

Uninstall librviz-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librviz-dev

Remove librviz-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librviz-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librviz-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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