ubuntu12.04 under the installation of ROS (fully validated) _ubuntu12.04

I. Ubuntu12.04lts installation (Lts=long term support long-term support)

1. Allocate 100G of unallocated space on the computer (XP: Delete logical partition, Win7: Compress ...) ）

2. Download the image files of Ubuntu system, such as: Ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-i386.ios

3. The mirror file can be made into a startup disk, and ultraiso_9.5.5.2960 may be used to make it, method: http://jingyan.baidu.com/article/b24f6c82cf50e086bfe5dae9.html

4. Restart the computer after the completion of the production, press F12 key, choose to start from the USB disk

5. Follow the prompts step-by-step

6. After the installation will be prompted to reboot, reboot when the U disk

7. If you install another version of Ubuntu can not uninstall the current version, directly install other version of the overwrite

Two. Ros Installation Original: http://blog.csdn.net/xiaocainiaoshangxiao/article/details/13288515

First look at your Ubuntu version:

Press and hold ctrl+alt+t to open a terminal, enter in the inside:
Cat/etc/issue

If your Ubuntu version is ubuntu12.04, enter the following command at the terminal: sudo sh-c ' echo ' deb Http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu precise main ' >/etc/ Apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list '

If it is Ubuntu12.10:sudo sh-c ' echo "Deb Http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu quantal main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ Ros-latest.list '

If it is Ubuntu13.04:sudo sh-c ' echo "Deb Http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu raring main" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ Ros-latest.list '

After executing the above command, you need the following command in the terminal: wget Http://packages.ros.org/ros.key-O-| sudo apt-key add-

After the above command completes, you need to enter the following command: sudo apt-get update

The above command will take a long time to execute, please wait patiently. After this instruction is completed, enter the following instruction at the terminal: sudo apt-get install Ros-hydro-desktop-full

The above instructions will take longer to execute, because this is the process of installing ROS, please don't be impatient, wait patiently.

During the installation process, a dialog box that selects Yes and no will appear, and be sure to select Yes, and other data will be available by default, without modification. Later can be passed: ' Dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp ' to new settings.

After the installation is complete, you can use the following command to view the installed packages that you can use: Apt-cache search Ros-hydro

You then need to initialize the newly installed Ros: (if the error is to install the Ruby package, sudo apt-get install [ruby name]) sudo rosdep init

After the above command has been completed, you can see prompts to perform the ROSDEP Update command, and then continue typing: ROSDEP update

Then you need to set the environment variable: echo "Source/opt/ros/hydro/setup.bash" >> ~/.BASHRC source ~/.BASHRC

This setting is permanent and does not need to be set once each time a terminal is opened. Of course, you can also use the temporary: Source/opt/ros/hydro/setup.bash

This requires that you perform one of these commands each time you open a terminal. It is recommended that the first instruction be used.

Next you need to install a very important tool rosinstall, this tool will be very useful in the future, the installation commands are as follows: sudo apt-get install Python-rosinstall

After the execution of this command, the installation is almost complete.

Finally, test whether Ros is installed successfully:

1.roscore

2. Press CTRL + C to exit