How To Install ros-tf2-msgs on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-tf2-msgs on Kali Linux.
What is ros-tf2-msgs
ros-tf2-msgs 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 message definitions.
There are three methods to install ros-tf2-msgs 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-tf2-msgs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ros-tf2-msgs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ros-tf2-msgsInstall ros-tf2-msgs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ros-tf2-msgs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ros-tf2-msgsInstall ros-tf2-msgs 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ros-tf2-msgs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ros-tf2-msgsHow To Uninstall ros-tf2-msgs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ros-tf2-msgs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ros-tf2-msgsUninstall ros-tf2-msgs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ros-tf2-msgs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ros-tf2-msgsRemove ros-tf2-msgs Configurations and Data
To remove ros-tf2-msgs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ros-tf2-msgsRemove ros-tf2-msgs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ros-tf2-msgs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ros-tf2-msgsDependencies
ros-tf2-msgs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ros-tf2-msgs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
