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== Step by step tutorial == | == Step by step tutorial == | ||
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==== Installation ==== | ==== Installation ==== | ||
| − | + | * Install Ubuntu 10.04 (this is the supported ubuntu version at September 2010) as native OS or inside a virtual machine (tested on VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org) | |
| − | + | * Add ROS apt repositories and add ROS PGP keys to your system: | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list' | sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list' | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | + | * Install ros-cturtle-base | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-base | sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-base | ||
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==== Configuration ==== | ==== Configuration ==== | ||
| − | + | * In order to automatically add ROS environment variables when opening a termina, add ROS setup.sh script to bash resource file: | |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc | echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | - | + | ==== Setup a folder for your folder for ros experiment ==== |
| + | * add this line | ||
| + | <pre>export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=YOUR_BEGINNER_TUTORIALS_PATH:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH</pre> | ||
| + | to your '.bashrc' file, | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Tips ==== | ||
| + | * rosed command use as default the vim editor. If you want to set your favorite editor (in the example emacs), add | ||
| + | <pre>export EDITOR='emacs -nw'</pre> | ||
| + | to the .bashrc file | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== System update problems ===== | ||
| + | * If you try to update your system with | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | sudo apt-get update | ||
| + | sudo apt-get upgrade | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | and you obtain a message like: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | The following packages have been kept back: | ||
| + | [...] | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Try to use | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | sudo aptitude update | ||
| + | sudo aptitude upgrade | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | Aptitute manage dependancies better than apt-get, so you should be able to update your system properly | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:17, 5 October 2010
Contents
Step by step tutorial
Installation
- Install Ubuntu 10.04 (this is the supported ubuntu version at September 2010) as native OS or inside a virtual machine (tested on VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org)
- Add ROS apt repositories and add ROS PGP keys to your system:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://code.ros.org/packages/ros/ubuntu lucid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list' wget http://code.ros.org/packages/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update
- Install ros-cturtle-base
sudo apt-get install ros-cturtle-base
Configuration
- In order to automatically add ROS environment variables when opening a termina, add ROS setup.sh script to bash resource file:
echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc . ~/.bashrc
Setup a folder for your folder for ros experiment
- add this line
export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=YOUR_BEGINNER_TUTORIALS_PATH:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH
to your '.bashrc' file,
Tips
- rosed command use as default the vim editor. If you want to set your favorite editor (in the example emacs), add
export EDITOR='emacs -nw'
to the .bashrc file
System update problems
- If you try to update your system with
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
and you obtain a message like:
[...] The following packages have been kept back: [...]
Try to use
sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude upgrade
Aptitute manage dependancies better than apt-get, so you should be able to update your system properly
Resources
- ROS website: http://www.ros.org
- ROS Cturtle installation instructions: http://www.ros.org/wiki/cturtle/Installation/Ubuntu
- VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org
