How To Install python3-wstool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wstool on Kali Linux. python3-wstool is Commands to manage multi-VCS repositories (for Robot OS) Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-wstool

python3-wstool is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It provides commands to manage several local VCS repositories based on a single workspace definition file (.rosinstall). Git, Mercurial, Subversion, and Bazaar are supported.

wstool replaces the rosws tool for catkin workspaces. As catkin workspaces create their own setup file and environment, wstool is reduced to version control functions only. So wstool does not have a “regenerate” command, and does not allow adding non-version controlled elements to workspaces. In all other respects, it behaves the same as rosws.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-wstool

Install python3-wstool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-wstool

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-wstool

How To Uninstall python3-wstool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-wstool

Uninstall python3-wstool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wstool

Remove python3-wstool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wstool

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-wstool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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