Robot Operating System Cookbook

ROS Melodic installation

Now, we are ready to install the ROS packages on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The first step is to update the list of packages by using the following command:

$ sudo apt-get update

There are many different libraries and tools in ROS, however, we will provide four default configurations to get you started:

• Desktop-Full Install (recommended):

$ sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-desktop-full

• Desktop Install:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-desktop

• ROS-Base:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-ros-base

• Individual Package:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-PACKAGE