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Installing rosworldwind
Description: This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing rosworldwindTutorial Level: BEGINNER
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Installation
These tutorials require the rosjava, std_msgs, visualization_msgs and tf packages. Please make sure these packages are installed.
Checkout the rosworldwind project into the ROS_PACKAGE_PATH http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/EnvironmentVariables#ROS_PACKAGE_PATH directory (see also ROSEnvironment http://www.ros.org/wiki/ROS/Tutorials/InstallingandConfiguringROSEnvironment) or make sure to add the new directory (rosworldwind) to your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH.
svn checkout http://rosworldwind.googlecode.com/svn/trunk rosworldwind
And then compile the rosworldwind package
roscd rosworldwind rosmake
Java
For the usage of NASA World Wind technology and ROS a Java Development Kit (JDK) is required. On Ubuntu Linux we recommend to install the Sun Java Development Kit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java.
Eclipse IDE
The rosworldwind project development and usage is currently only tested for the Eclipse IDE. Download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/.
Start the Eclipse IDE and import the project (all needed files are generate by rosmake)
File > Import General > Existing Projects into Workspace > Next Browse to folder rosworldwind Finish
You are now ready to proceed to the next tutorial, How to run rosworldwind!
