Installation Manual For ROS

Development tools installation manual
This manual contains information on how to install and setup Ubuntu, ROS, and other libraries
on a computer, needed for the project. I have tested this guide in a new computer after writing it
and it worked well. Alongside some elements, I put a link to the tutorial that I used to learn how
to use that. It is not mandatory to follow them for a proper installation.
1. Install Ubuntu
Download Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty 32 bits (it needs to be 14.04).
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
For Windows, follow this guide to install alongside https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubuntu-16-

04-alongside-with-windows-10-or-8-in-dual-boot/
For Mac, follow this guide https://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how-to-install-and-dual-boot-

linux-on-a-mac/
Only if you are at Polytechnique Montreal, or any institute with eduroam, you will not be able to
connect to the internet during the installation. Its ok. After installation, using other PC, follow
this guide to connect to eduroam on your new Ubuntu installation.
http://www.polymtl.ca/si/service/portables/accesReseau/doc/Ubuntu12_04_eduroam_g2.pdf
Open the terminal and run to install the updates that werent installed during installation.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
If you do not know how to use Linux command line, follow this tutorial (from 1:20:00 to 2:30:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBp0Rb-ZJak
2. Install latest version of CMake (to build ROS packages)

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/cmake-3.x
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo apt-get upgrade
3. Install Catkin (to build ROS packages)

Sudo apt-get install python-catkin-tools
4. Install git (for version control and to obtain projects on github)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
5. Install ROS Indigo (it needs to be Indigo)

Use this installation guide http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu
Follow this tutorials to learn ROS: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials
By the tutorials, you should know that there are various ways of building a ROS package
(rosbuild, catkin_make, catkin build). A workspace can accommodate only packages with the
same building scheme. We will create a working directory for catkin_make projects.
Run the following command on Ubuntu terminal:
mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
cd ~/catkin_ws/src
This creates the workspace catkin_ws and locates you in the source folder, where all the projects
must reside.
6. Install gcc 4.9

Run the following lines on command line:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++
/usr/bin/g++-4.9
7. Install Qt and Qt Creator (IDE) and plugins for ROS
Download the latest source of Qt from here:

https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/
Be careful, there are many options. Be sure to select this one (Qt offline installer)
Move the .tar.xz that you just downloaded to /tmp/ folder.
Extract it using this line (change the .tar.gz name appropriately)

tar xf the-thing-that-you-downloaded.tar.gz
Configure the installation using this lines:

cd /tmp/the-thing-that-you-downloaded
./configure
Create library using this lines:

Make -j8
Make install
Edit environment variables:
Go to home folder (cd ~) and edit .profile (nano .profile)

At the bottom of the file, add these lines (change the qt version for the one you installed):
PATH=/usr/local/Qt-VERSION/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Go to home folder (cd ~) and edit .bashrc (nano .bashrc)

At the bottom of the file, add these lines (change the qt version for the one you installed):
PATH=/usr/local/Qt-VERSION/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Close the current terminal and open a new one.
Change your current folder to git (cd ~/git) or create it if it is not there (mkdir ~/git) and then
change it.
Follow this installation manual for qt creator: https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_Creator_from_Git
(just at the end, use sudo: sudo make install INSTALL_ROOT=$INSTALL_DIRECTORY)
Every time you run qtcreator, make sure to run it from the terminal, so that environment
variables are loaded. If you want to launch it from the desktop icon, follow these instructions:
http://wiki.ros.org/IDEs#QtCreator
To install qtcreator plugins for ROS, follow this manual, including section 1.5
https://github.com/ros-industrial/ros_qtc_plugin/wiki/1.-How-to-Install-(Users)
8. Install Gazebo
Run the following commands on Ubuntu terminal.
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo-ros*

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo-ros-control
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-ros-controllers*
Tutorials of Gazebo available here: http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/browse

Tutorials of Gazebo integration with ROS available here:
http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?cat=connect_ros
9. Install MoveIt! for inverse kinematics solving.
Run the following commands on Ubuntu terminal:

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-moveit
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-trac-ik
Follow these tutorials to learn how to use MoveIt:

http://docs.ros.org/indigo/api/moveit_tutorials/html/doc/setup_assistant/setup_assistant_tutorial.
html
10. Install opencv for ROS

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-cv-bridge
11. Get project

I put all the necessary files to run the project on a github repo
https://github.com/pepemanboy/ping-pong-robot.git
Run the following lines
$cd ~
$mkdir melendez_ws
$git clone https://github.com/pepemanboy/ping-pong-robot.git

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For Windows, follow this guide to install alongside https://www.tecmint.com/install-ubuntu-16-

For Mac, follow this guide https://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how-to-install-and-dual-boot-

2. Install latest version of CMake (to build ROS packages)

3. Install Catkin (to build ROS packages)

4. Install git (for version control and to obtain projects on github)

5. Install ROS Indigo (it needs to be Indigo)

Follow this tutorials to learn ROS: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials

Run the following command on Ubuntu terminal:

6. Install gcc 4.9

7. Install Qt and Qt Creator (IDE) and plugins for ROS

Download the latest source of Qt from here:

Extract it using this line (change the .tar.gz name appropriately)

Configure the installation using this lines:

Create library using this lines:

Edit environment variables:

Go to home folder (cd ~) and edit .profile (nano .profile)

Go to home folder (cd ~) and edit .bashrc (nano .bashrc)

Close the current terminal and open a new one.

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo-ros*

Tutorials of Gazebo available here: http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/browse

9. Install MoveIt! for inverse kinematics solving.

Run the following commands on Ubuntu terminal:

Follow these tutorials to learn how to use MoveIt:

10. Install opencv for ROS

11. Get project

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