How To Install ros-desktop-full on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-desktop-full on Kali Linux.

What is ros-desktop-full

ros-desktop-full is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which provides the ROS desktop-full system.

There are three methods to install ros-desktop-full 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 ros-desktop-full Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ros-desktop-full using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ros-desktop-full

Install ros-desktop-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ros-desktop-full using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ros-desktop-full

Install ros-desktop-full 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 ros-desktop-full using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ros-desktop-full

How To Uninstall ros-desktop-full on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ros-desktop-full package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ros-desktop-full

Uninstall ros-desktop-full And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-desktop-full

Remove ros-desktop-full Configurations and Data

To remove ros-desktop-full configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ros-desktop-full

Remove ros-desktop-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ros-desktop-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-desktop-full

Dependencies

ros-desktop-full have the following dependencies:

• ros-desktop
• ros-perception
• ros-simulators

References

• ros-desktop-full website

Summary

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