June 2018
Beginner to intermediate
280 pages
6h 58m
English
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Installing ROS on Ubuntu
As per our previous discussion, we know that ROS is a metaoperating system that is installed on a host system. ROS is completely supported on Ubuntu /Linux and in the experimental stages on Windows and OS X. Some of the latest ROS distributions are as follows:
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Distribution |
Release date |
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ROS Melodic Morenia |
May 23 2018 |
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ROS Lunar Loggerhead |
May 23 2017 |
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ROS Kinetic Kame |
May 23 2016 |
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ROS Indigo Igloo |
July 22 2014 |
We will now look at the installation procedure of the stable, long-term support (LTS) distribution of ROS called Kinetic on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. ROS Kinetic Kame will be primarily targeted at Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. You can also find instructions to set up ROS in the latest LTS Melodic ...