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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)
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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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* 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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- Install ros-cturtle-base  
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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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* 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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==== Setup a folder for your folder for ros experiment ====
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* add this line
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<pre>export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=YOUR_BEGINNER_TUTORIALS_PATH:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH</pre>
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to your '.bashrc' file,
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==== Tips ====
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* rosed command use as default the vim editor. If you want to set your favorite editor (in the example emacs), add
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<pre>export EDITOR='emacs -nw'</pre>
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to the .bashrc file
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===== System update problems =====
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* If you try to update your system with
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<pre>
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get upgrade
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</pre>
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and you obtain a message like:
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<pre>
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[...]
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The following packages have been kept back:
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[...]
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</pre>
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Try to use
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<pre>
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sudo aptitude update
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sudo aptitude upgrade
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</pre>
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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

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