Today I will show you how to install ROS Kinetic on your Linux machine (Ubuntu 15.10 Wily, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial and Jessie (Debian 8) for debian packages)
Set up your PC before the installation as described here
Installation
sudo apt-get update
Desktop-Full Install (Recommended): ROS, rqt, rviz, robot-generic libraries, 2D/3D simulators, navigation and 2D/3D perception
sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop-full
Desktop Install: ROS, rqt, rviz, and robot-generic libraries
sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop
ROS-Base: (Bare Bones) ROS package, build, and communication libraries. No GUI tools.
sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-ros-base
Individual Package: You can also install a specific ROS package (replace underscores with dashes of the package name):
sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-PACKAGE
e.g. sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-slam-gmapping
- To find available packages, use:
apt-cache search ros-kinetic
Initialize rosdep
Before you can use ROS, you will need to initialize rosdep. rosdep enables you to easily install system dependencies for source you want to compile and is required to run some core components in ROS.
sudo rosdep init
rosdep update
Environment setup
echo "source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
