How To Install libtopic-tools2d on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools2d on Kali Linux. libtopic-tools2d is library for messing with Robot OS topics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools2d on Kali Linux.

What is libtopic-tools2d

libtopic-tools2d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). Tools for directing, throttling, selecting, and otherwise messing with ROS topics at a meta level. None of the programs in this package actually know about the topics whose streams they are altering; instead, these tools deal with messages as generic binary blobs. This means they can be applied to any ROS topic.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libtopic-tools2d 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 libtopic-tools2d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtopic-tools2d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtopic-tools2d

Install libtopic-tools2d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtopic-tools2d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtopic-tools2d

Install libtopic-tools2d 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 libtopic-tools2d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtopic-tools2d

How To Uninstall libtopic-tools2d on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtopic-tools2d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtopic-tools2d

Uninstall libtopic-tools2d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtopic-tools2d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtopic-tools2d

Remove libtopic-tools2d Configurations and Data

To remove libtopic-tools2d configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtopic-tools2d

Remove libtopic-tools2d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtopic-tools2d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtopic-tools2d

Dependencies

libtopic-tools2d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtopic-tools2d package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.