= Installing Care-O-bot stacks from source =

||<#FFFF00> Directly downloading and installing the sources from git is only recommended for developers. This version is not tested and may not work as expected.||
||<#FFFF00> The Care-O-bot specific part starts at [[Robots/Care-O-bot/git#Install Git Sources|1.6 Install Git Sources]].||
||<#FF9900> The current development branch from the git sources is developed against [[electric]].||

These instructions only cover installing Care-O-bot-related software on a supported Ubuntu-based machine. If you discover problems installing them on other platforms, please [[http://www.care-o-bot-research.org/contributing/mailing-lists|tell us]].

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== Installation Instructions ==

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=== Install Care-O-bot Release ===

Install all Care-O-bot stacks (needed to get the dependencies and if overlays are not created for all stack)
{{{
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-care-o-bot
}}}

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=== Install Git Sources ===

You can fork stacks on github from the official ipa320 stacks, to clone stacks to your local git repository, and for other git-related tasks.

The stacks currently available are (dependencies exist from top to bottom):
 * [[cob_extern]]
 * [[cob_common]]
 * [[schunk_modular_robotics]]
 * [[cob_driver]]
 * [[cob_robots]]
 * [[cob_environments]]
 * [[cob_command_tools]]
 * [[cob_calibration_data]]
 * [[cob_substitute]]
 * [[ipa_canopen]]

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sudo apt-get install git-core curl
git clone https://github.com/ipa320/StackName
}}}

The first question you will be asked is to specify your [[http://www.github.com|github]]'s user account. If you want to contribute back your changes to the community, please sign up for a [[https://github.com/signup/free|free account at github]] and specify your username. If you only want to modify the code without contributing back just leave the username blank to checkout a read-only version.

Please update your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH to include ~/git/care-o-bot: Either run the following line on each terminal or add the line at the end of your ~/.bashrc file and source it again.

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export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=~/git/care-o-bot:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
}}}


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