Ubuntu install of C turtle

We are building Debian packages for several Ubuntu platforms, listed below. These packages are more efficient than SVN-based builds and are our preferred installation method for Ubuntu.

Installation

Configure your Ubuntu repositories

Configure your Ubuntu repositories to allow "restricted," "universe," and "multiverse." You can follow the Ubuntu guide for instructions on doing this.

Setup your sources.list

Setup your sources.list file to accept Debian packages from the ROS server.

  • Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

    • sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu jaunty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

    Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

    • sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu karmic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

    Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)

    • sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

    Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)

    • sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu maverick main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Set up your keys

  • wget http://code.ros.org/packages/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

Installation

Make sure you have re-indexed the ROS.org server:

  • sudo apt-get update

From April 2011, karmic will no longer be available in Ubuntu's archive because the support period officially ended. If you still want to stick to karmic, you might need some workaround, to modify /etc/apt/sources.list, to set domains of repository URLs to old-releases for all URLs in the file (workaround found here).

Choose your preferred install:

  • ROS only:

    • sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-ros

      or click here

    Base: ROS plus robot-generic stacks (e.g. navigation, visualization)

    • sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-base

      or click here

    PR2: ROS plus PR2-specific stacks, including PR2 simulator.

    • sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-pr2

      or click here

    • Note: You will get a prompt about hddtemp: you can safely answer no to the prompt if you are not installing on an actual PR2. To avoid getting the prompt, you can set the debconf selection ahead of time:

      • echo "hddtemp hddtemp/daemon boolean false" | sudo debconf-set-selections

    PR2 All: ROS plus PR2 and bleeding edge research/experimental stacks.

    • sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-pr2all

      or click here

    • Note: You will get a prompt about hddtemp: you can safely answer no to the prompt if you are not installing on an actual PR2. To avoid getting the prompt, you can set the debconf selection ahead of time:

      • echo "hddtemp hddtemp/daemon boolean false" | sudo debconf-set-selections

    Stack-specific: You can also install a specific ROS stack (replace underscores with dashes of the stack name):

    • sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-STACK
      e.g.
      sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-slam-gmapping

Environment setup

It's convenient if the ROS environment variables are automatically added to your bash session every time a new shell is launched:

echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc

If you have more than one ROS distribution installed, ~/.bashrc must only source the setup.bash for the version you are currently using.

If you just want to change the environment of your current shell, you can type:

source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.bash

Tutorials

Now, to test your installation, please proceed to the ROS Tutorials.

Source-based and other installation options

Wiki: cturtle/Installation/Ubuntu (last edited 2012-01-30 21:15:46 by IsaacSaito)