How To Install python3-rostopic on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rostopic on Kali Linux. python3-rostopic is Tool for displaying debug information about Robot OS Topics - Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-rostopic

python3-rostopic is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). This tool helps debugging by showing debug information about ROS Topics, including publishers, subscribers, publishing rate, and ROS Messages. It also contains an experimental Python library for getting information about, and interacting with, topics dynamically. This library is for internal use only as the code API may change, though it does provide examples of how to implement dynamic subscription and publication behaviors in ROS.

This package contains the Python 3 library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rostopic

Install python3-rostopic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rostopic

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rostopic

How To Uninstall python3-rostopic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rostopic

Uninstall python3-rostopic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rostopic

Remove python3-rostopic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rostopic

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-rostopic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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