How To Install python3-rospkg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rospkg on Kali Linux. python3-rospkg is Robot OS package library (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-rospkg

python3-rospkg is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a library for retrieving information about ROS packages and stacks. The rospkg Python module provides basic utilities for querying information about ROS packages, stacks, and distributions. There are several basic APIs: ROS environment, RosPack/RosStack, OS detection, and distributions.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-rospkg 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-rospkg 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-rospkg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rospkg

Install python3-rospkg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rospkg

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rospkg

How To Uninstall python3-rospkg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rospkg

Uninstall python3-rospkg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rospkg

Remove python3-rospkg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rospkg

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-rospkg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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