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Installation
Description: This tutorial will cover the steps needed for installing the robot software on a new computer.Tutorial Level: BEGINNER
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In order to install the robotican meta-package please follow the following steps:
1.1. Install Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit - please refer to this link for download and installation instructions. if your computer already runs ubuntu 14.04 you can skip this step.
1.2. Install ROS Indigo (Desktop-Full Install) - please refer to this link for installation instructions. if you already have ROS Indigo you can skip this step.
1.3. Install and configure you ROS environment - please refer to this link for instructions. if you already have a workspace and a configured environment you can skip this step.
1.4. Clone the robotican repository into your catkin workspace and run the installation script:
$ sudo apt-get update $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src $ git clone https://github.com/robotican/robotican.git $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src/robotican/robotican/installations $ ./install.sh $ cd ~/catkin_ws $ catkin_make
If your robot have a costume configuration (identity) you should run the 'switch_identity.sh' script and enter your robot identity code. You can find your robot code in your robot manual or by scanning the QR code on your robot. By default, the 'install.sh' script will install default identity for all the robots in the meta-package.
$ ./switch_identity.sh
now, make you catkin workspace:
$ cd ~/catkin_ws $ catkin_make
