How To Install mrpt-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mrpt-common on Kali Linux.

What is mrpt-common

mrpt-common is:

The Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT) is an extensive, cross-platform, and open source C++ library aimed to help robotics researchers to design and implement algorithms in the fields of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), computer vision, and motion planning (obstacle avoidance).

This package provides example datasets and configuration files for several MRPT applications.

There are three methods to install mrpt-common 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 mrpt-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mrpt-common

Install mrpt-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mrpt-common

Install mrpt-common 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 mrpt-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mrpt-common

How To Uninstall mrpt-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mrpt-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mrpt-common

Uninstall mrpt-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrpt-common

Remove mrpt-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mrpt-common

Remove mrpt-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrpt-common

Dependencies

mrpt-common have the following dependencies:

References

• mrpt-common website

Summary

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