How To Install librviz5d on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librviz5d on Kali Linux. librviz5d is Library for the Robot OS 3D visualization tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librviz5d on Kali Linux.

What is librviz5d

librviz5d 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 rviz library.

There are three methods to install librviz5d 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 librviz5d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librviz5d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librviz5d

Install librviz5d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librviz5d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librviz5d

Install librviz5d 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 librviz5d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librviz5d

How To Uninstall librviz5d on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librviz5d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librviz5d

Uninstall librviz5d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librviz5d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librviz5d

Remove librviz5d Configurations and Data

To remove librviz5d configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librviz5d

Remove librviz5d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librviz5d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librviz5d

Dependencies

librviz5d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librviz5d package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.