How To Install rviz on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz on Kali Linux.
What is rviz
rviz is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS) RViz package. RViz is a tool to visualize ROS messages and the state of the robot.
This package contains the rviz program.
There are three methods to install rviz 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 rviz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rviz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rvizInstall rviz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rviz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rvizInstall rviz 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 rviz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rvizHow To Uninstall rviz on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rviz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rvizUninstall rviz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rviz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rvizRemove rviz Configurations and Data
To remove rviz configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rvizRemove rviz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rviz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rvizDependencies
rviz have the following dependencies:
- libboost-filesystem1.74.0
- libboost-thread1.74.0
- libc6
- libclass-loader1d
- libconsole-bridge0.4
- libgcc-s1
- libimage-transport0d
- libinteractive-markers2d
- liblaser-geometry0d
- libmessage-filters1d
- libogre-1.12
- libopengl0
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- librosconsole3d
- libroscpp-serialization0d
- libroscpp3d
- libroslib0d
- librostime1d
- librviz5d
- libstdc++6
- libtf2-2d
- libtinyxml2-8
- liburdf1d
- liburdfdom-world
- fonts-liberation
- libqt5svg5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.