Installing on TurtleBot SDK from source on Ubuntu
Install from source requires that you download and compile the source code on your own.
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Installation
Setup
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-yaml cmake subversion wget python-setuptools mercurial
rosinstall
The following lines will download the ROS source code using the rosinstall tool, and bootstrap the installation. The installation downloads all ROS stacks in subdirectories inside the ~/ros directory, one subdirectory for each stack in the rosinstall file.
First install rosinstall:
sudo easy_install -U rosinstall
Next, install the TurtleBot SDK for Electric:
rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=turtlebot-desktop&overlay=no"
or use the file turtlebot.rosinstall
rosinstall ~/ros turtlebot.rosinstall
NOTE: the instructions above download all stacks inside the ~/ros folder. If you prefer a different location, simply change the ~/ros in the commands above.
Environment Setup
You'll now need to update your environment. You can do this by typing:
source ~/ros/setup.bash
It's convenient if the ROS environment variables are automatically added to your bash session every time a new shell is launched, which you can do with the command below:
echo "source ~/ros/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc . ~/.bashrc
For Zsh users, change the last line of ~/ros/setup.zsh to
source $ROS_ROOT/tools/rosbash/roszsh
before running source ~/ros/setup.zsh Similarly, have the setup script called at the start of each new shell session with
echo "source ~/ros/setup.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc . ~/.zshrc
Build the SDK
Finally, build the SDK:
rosmake turtlebot_apps
