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==Download and Install Gazebo== | ==Download and Install Gazebo== | ||
| − | We recommend Gazebo 1.9 with ROS-hydro on Ubuntu 12.04 (for futher information about which combination of ROS/Gazebo verisons to use, see this [http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/?tut=ros_wrapper_versions link]. Instructions given on this [http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=install&ver=1.9&cat=get_started | + | We recommend Gazebo 1.9 with ROS-hydro on Ubuntu 12.04 (for futher information about which combination of ROS/Gazebo verisons to use, see this [http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/?tut=ros_wrapper_versions link]. Instructions given on this [http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=install&ver=1.9&cat=get_started link]. Follow the notes and commands below. |
1) Ubuntu repositories: | 1) Ubuntu repositories: | ||
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2) Set up your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org: | 2) Set up your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org: | ||
| − | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'</syntaxhighlight> | |
3) Get and install the keys for the repositories: | 3) Get and install the keys for the repositories: | ||
| − | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -</syntaxhighlight> | |
4) Update then install Gazebo: | 4) Update then install Gazebo: | ||
| − | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo apt-get update | |
| − | + | sudo apt-get install gazebo</syntaxhighlight> | |
5) Check installation: | 5) Check installation: | ||
| − | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">gzserver | |
| − | + | gzclient</syntaxhighlight> | |
| − | + | Since Gazebo was installed from debian, it should say (do not enter this command into terminal; compare this to what it says when you entered 'gzserver'): | |
| − | + | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">/usr/bin/gzserver | |
| − | + | /usr/bin/gzclient</syntaxhighlight> | |
Latest revision as of 21:37, 11 November 2014
Download and Install Gazebo
We recommend Gazebo 1.9 with ROS-hydro on Ubuntu 12.04 (for futher information about which combination of ROS/Gazebo verisons to use, see this link. Instructions given on this link. Follow the notes and commands below.
1) Ubuntu repositories: Make sure your Ubuntu repositories are set to allow -restricted-, -universe-, and -multiverse-. For more information on repositories and how to change repository settings, see this link.
2) Set up your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'
3) Get and install the keys for the repositories:
wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
4) Update then install Gazebo:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gazebo
5) Check installation:
gzserver gzclient
Since Gazebo was installed from debian, it should say (do not enter this command into terminal; compare this to what it says when you entered 'gzserver'):
/usr/bin/gzserver /usr/bin/gzclient
