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| − | + | # 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: | |
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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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| − | + | # Install ros-cturtle-base | |
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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: | |
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echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc | echo "source /opt/ros/cturtle/setup.sh" >> ~/.bashrc | ||
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==== Tips ==== | ==== Tips ==== | ||
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| + | ===== System update problems ==== | ||
| + | * If you try to update your system with | ||
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sudo apt-get update | sudo apt-get update | ||
Revision as of 12:25, 22 September 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
Tips
= 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
