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− | 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 link1 | + | 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 link1]. Follow the notes and commands below. |
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− | + | 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 [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu link]. | ||
− | + | 2) Set up your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org: | |
<nowiki>sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'</nowiki> | <nowiki>sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'</nowiki> | ||
− | + | 3) Get and install the keys for the repositories: | |
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<nowiki>wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -</nowiki> | <nowiki>wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -</nowiki> | ||
− | + | 4) Update then install Gazebo: | |
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<nowiki>sudo apt-get update | <nowiki>sudo apt-get update | ||
sudo apt-get install gazebo</nowiki> | sudo apt-get install gazebo</nowiki> | ||
− | + | 5) Check installation: | |
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<nowiki>gzserver | <nowiki>gzserver | ||
gzclient</nowiki> | gzclient</nowiki> | ||
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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') | 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') | ||
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<nowiki>/usr/bin/gzserver | <nowiki>/usr/bin/gzserver | ||
/usr/bin/gzclient</nowiki> | /usr/bin/gzclient</nowiki> |
Revision as of 01:34, 29 October 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 link1. 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