How To Install python3-tf2-kdl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tf2-kdl on Kali Linux. python3-tf2-kdl is Robot OS tf2 transform library using Orocos-KDL - Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tf2-kdl on Kali Linux.

What is python3-tf2-kdl

python3-tf2-kdl is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). tf2 is the second generation of the transform library, which lets the user keep track of multiple coordinate frames over time. tf2 maintains the relationship between coordinate frames in a tree structure buffered in time, and lets the user transform points, vectors, etc between any two coordinate frames at any desired point in time.

This package contains the Python 3 code to convert betweenw tf2 and liborocos-kdl.

There are three methods to install python3-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tf2-kdl

Install python3-tf2-kdl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-tf2-kdl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-tf2-kdl

Install python3-tf2-kdl 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-tf2-kdl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tf2-kdl

How To Uninstall python3-tf2-kdl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-tf2-kdl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-tf2-kdl

Uninstall python3-tf2-kdl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-tf2-kdl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tf2-kdl

Remove python3-tf2-kdl Configurations and Data

To remove python3-tf2-kdl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tf2-kdl

Remove python3-tf2-kdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-tf2-kdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-tf2-kdl

Dependencies

python3-tf2-kdl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tf2-kdl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.