How to Install and Uninstall ros-desktop Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "ros-desktop" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ros-desktop on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ros-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ros-desktop" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ros-desktop on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ros-desktop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ros-desktop package on Kali Linux

Package: ros-desktop
Source: ros-metapackages
Version: 1.18
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ros-robot, ros-viz, joint-state-publisher-gui
Size: 2372
SHA256: 502fd2d9cd30d839fec72a774aa81f154fda8d447f4538039bc46e9581e0e083
SHA1: 839139b95793f20bdfc1c4eaf438f9effefb694d
MD5sum: 2dad81786caa8615864b5b807250e6f2
Description: Robot OS desktop metapackage
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It is a metapackage which
provides the ROS desktop system (including ROS robot and viz).
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Different to upstream, this package does not provide:
common_tutorials, geometry_tutorials, ros_tutorials, roslint, urdf_tutorial,
visualization_tutorials.
Please install them from source, if you need them.
Description-md5:
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ros-metapackages/ros-desktop_1.18_all.deb