Installing on TurtleBot SDK from source on Ubuntu

Install from source requires that you download and compile the source code on your own.

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

Shell language:   Bash     Zsh    

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

Wiki: Robots/TurtleBot/SDK Setup/Source (last edited 2012-01-24 22:58:37 by Karthik Desingh)