How To Install rosbuild on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rosbuild on Kali Linux.

What is rosbuild

rosbuild is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). Rosbuild solves the core problem of gathering appropriate build flags from, and tracking dependencies in, the ROS package tree. The macros provided by rosbuild automatically inherit the union of build flags exported by packages on which your package depends.

There are three methods to install rosbuild 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 rosbuild Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rosbuild

Install rosbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rosbuild using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rosbuild

Install rosbuild 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 rosbuild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rosbuild

How To Uninstall rosbuild on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rosbuild package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rosbuild

Uninstall rosbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rosbuild

Remove rosbuild Configurations and Data

To remove rosbuild configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rosbuild

Remove rosbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rosbuild

Dependencies

rosbuild have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• rosbuild website

Summary

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