How To Install ros-message-generation on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-message-generation on Kali Linux. ros-message-generation is Generates build-time messaging dependencies for Robot OS packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-message-generation on Kali Linux.

What is ros-message-generation

ros-message-generation is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains cmake macros to generate build-time dependencies for the messages ROS packages use.

There are three methods to install ros-message-generation 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-message-generation 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-message-generation using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ros-message-generation

Install ros-message-generation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ros-message-generation

Install ros-message-generation 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-message-generation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ros-message-generation

How To Uninstall ros-message-generation on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ros-message-generation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ros-message-generation

Uninstall ros-message-generation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-message-generation

Remove ros-message-generation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ros-message-generation

Remove ros-message-generation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-message-generation

Dependencies

ros-message-generation have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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