How To Install rviz on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rviz on Kali Linux. rviz is 3D visualization tool for Robot OS

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rviz

Install rviz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rviz

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install rviz

How To Uninstall rviz on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rviz

Uninstall 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 rviz

Remove rviz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rviz

Remove 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 rviz

Dependencies

rviz have the following dependencies:

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.