Development Software Setup
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Install Ubuntu 22.04 as OS
Possible options: Dual Boot, Virtual Machine, Single Boot
Install git
sudo apt install git
Install curl
sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl
Install VSCode
sudo snap install --classic code
Install ROS2 humble
set locale:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install locales
sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
sudo update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
enable Ubuntu Universe repository:
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
add ROS2 GPG keyring:
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
add repository to sources list:
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.ros.org/ros2/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo $UBUNTU_CODENAME) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2.list > /dev/null
install ROS2 humble Desktop version:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install ros-humble-desktop
Install Colcon build tool
sudo apt install python3-colcon-common-extensions
source ROS2 workspace:
possibility 1
enter directly into console:
source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
Has to be done every time a new console is opened
possibility 2
open bashrc:
code ~/.bashrc
Paste the following at the end of bashrc and safe:
source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
Has to be done only once, but can lead to problems when different ROS2 distributions (p.e. humble, foxy) are installed
Install Gazebo Classic
sudo apt install ros-humble-gazebo-ros-pkgs