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Installation
Description: This tutorial will cover the steps needed for installing the robot software on a new computer.Tutorial Level: BEGINNER
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In order to install the robotican meta-package please follow the following steps:
1.1. Install Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit - please refer to this link for download and installation instructions.
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1.2. Install ROS Indigo (Desktop-Full Install) - please refer to this link for installation instructions. If you already have ROS Indigo you can skip this step.
1.3. Install and configure your ROS environment - please refer to this link for instructions. If you already have a workspace and a configured environment you can skip this step.
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If your computer already runs ubuntu 14.04 you can skip this step.
1.2. Install ROS Indigo (Desktop-Full Install) - please refer to this link for installation instructions. If you already have ROS Indigo you can skip this step.
1.3. Install and configure your ROS environment - please refer to this link for instructions. If you already have a workspace and a configured environment you can skip this step.
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1.4. Clone the robotican repository into your catkin workspace and run the installation script:
$ sudo apt-get update $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src $ git clone https://github.com/robotican/robotican.git $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src/robotican/robotican/setup $ chmod +x setup.sh $ ./setup.sh
After setup is done, it will ask you to reboot in order to complete installation. After reboot, you should be ready to go.
