Getting and using ROS Docker images and containers

Docker images are like virtual machines or systems already set up. There are servers that provide images like this, so the users only have to download them. The main server is Docker hub, found at https://hub.docker.com. There, it is possible to search for Docker images for different systems and configurations. In our case, we are going to use ROS Kinetic images already available. All ROS Docker images are listed in the official ROS repo images on the web at https://hub.docker.com/_/ros/. The ROS container image is pulled down with the following command:

$ docker pull ros

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You should either update your system or try adding your user to the ...

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