How To Install otb-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install otb-bin on Kali Linux. otb-bin is ORFEO Toolbox command line applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install otb-bin on Kali Linux.

What is otb-bin

otb-bin is:

ORFEO Toolbox (OTB) is distributed as an open source library of image processing algorithms. OTB is based on the medical image processing library ITK and offers particular functionalities for remote sensing image processing in general and for high spatial resolution images in particular.

This package contains the command line application launcher than can run any OTB application provided by libotb-apps package.

There are three methods to install otb-bin 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 otb-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install otb-bin

Install otb-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install otb-bin

Install otb-bin 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 otb-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install otb-bin

How To Uninstall otb-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the otb-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove otb-bin

Uninstall otb-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove otb-bin

Remove otb-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge otb-bin

Remove otb-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otb-bin

Dependencies

otb-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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