How To Install python3-roslaunch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-roslaunch on Kali Linux.

What is python3-roslaunch

python3-roslaunch is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). roslaunch is a tool for easily launching multiple ROS nodes locally and remotely via SSH, as well as setting parameters on the Parameter Server. It includes options to automatically respawn processes that have already died. roslaunch takes in one or more XML configuration files (with the launch extension) that specify the parameters to set and nodes to launch, as well as the machines that they should be run on.

This package contains the Python 3 library.

There are three methods to install python3-roslaunch 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 python3-roslaunch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-roslaunch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-roslaunch

Install python3-roslaunch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-roslaunch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-roslaunch

Install python3-roslaunch 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 python3-roslaunch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-roslaunch

How To Uninstall python3-roslaunch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-roslaunch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-roslaunch

Uninstall python3-roslaunch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-roslaunch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-roslaunch

Remove python3-roslaunch Configurations and Data

To remove python3-roslaunch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-roslaunch

Remove python3-roslaunch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-roslaunch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-roslaunch

Dependencies

python3-roslaunch have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-roslaunch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-roslaunch package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.