How To Install libtf-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtf-dev on Kali Linux. libtf-dev is Robot OS tf transform library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libtf-dev

libtf-dev is:

tf is a package that lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.

This package contains the development files of tf library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtf-dev

Install libtf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtf-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtf-dev

How To Uninstall libtf-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtf-dev

Uninstall libtf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtf-dev

Remove libtf-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtf-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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