How To Install roslisp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is roslisp

roslisp is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). Roslisp is a client library for writing ROS nodes in idiomatic Common Lisp. The library is written to support ease of use, quick scripting of nodes, and interactive debugging of a running ROS system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install roslisp

Install roslisp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install roslisp

Install roslisp 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 roslisp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install roslisp

How To Uninstall roslisp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove roslisp

Uninstall roslisp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove roslisp

Remove roslisp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge roslisp

Remove roslisp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roslisp

Dependencies

roslisp have the following dependencies:

• sbcl
• rospack-tools
• cl-rosgraph-msgs
• cl-std-srvs
• python3

References

• roslisp website

Summary

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