How To Install libsensor-msgs-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsensor-msgs-dev on Kali Linux. libsensor-msgs-dev is Messages relating to Robot OS sensor, C/C++ interface

Introduction

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

What is libsensor-msgs-dev

libsensor-msgs-dev is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This package defines messages for commonly used sensors, including cameras and scanning laser rangefinders.

This package contains the generated headers files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsensor-msgs-dev

Install libsensor-msgs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsensor-msgs-dev

Install libsensor-msgs-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 libsensor-msgs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsensor-msgs-dev

How To Uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsensor-msgs-dev

Uninstall libsensor-msgs-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsensor-msgs-dev

Remove libsensor-msgs-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsensor-msgs-dev

Remove libsensor-msgs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsensor-msgs-dev

Dependencies

libsensor-msgs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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