Installing on TurtleBot SDK from source on Ubuntu
Install from source requires that you download and compile the source code on your own.
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Installation
1. Setup
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-yaml cmake subversion wget python-setuptools mercurial
2. rosinstall
The following lines will download the ROS source code using the rosinstall tool, and bootstrap the installation. The installation downloads all ROS stacks in subdirectories inside the ~/ros directory, one subdirectory for each stack in the rosinstall file.
First install rosinstall:
sudo easy_install -U rosinstall
Next, install the TurtleBot SDK for Electric:
rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=turtlebot-desktop&overlay=no"
or use the file turtlebot.rosinstall
rosinstall ~/ros turtlebot.rosinstall
NOTE: the instructions above download all stacks inside the ~/ros folder. If you prefer a different location, simply change the ~/ros in the commands above.
3. Environment Setup
You'll now need to update your environment. You can do this by typing:
source ~/ros/setup.bash
It's convenient if the ROS environment variables are automatically added to your bash session every time a new shell is launched, which you can do with the command below:
echo "source ~/ros/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc . ~/.bashrc
For Zsh users, change the last line of ~/ros/setup.zsh to
source $ROS_ROOT/tools/rosbash/roszsh
before running source ~/ros/setup.zsh Similarly, have the setup script called at the start of each new shell session with
echo "source ~/ros/setup.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc . ~/.zshrc
4. Build the SDK
Finally, build the SDK:
rosmake turtlebot_apps