OpenSUSE Installation

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OpenSUSE Installation
1. SVN Based Install (download-and-compile)
2. Tutorials

SVN Based Install (download-and-compile)

Pre-installation

install mercurial
install cmake subversion

sudo zypper install cmake subversion python-setuptools gcc gcc-c++

install libyaml from source.

wget http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-0.1.3.tar.gz -O ~/yaml-0.1.3.tar.gz
tar -xzf ~/yaml-0.1.3.tar.gz
cd ~/yaml-0.1.3 && ./configure && make && sudo make install

easyinstall pyyaml

sudo easy_install pyyaml

Install following dependencies with devel versions(for installing Desktop-Full, also installing Gazebo) using yast or openSUSE(11.4) build service or from source

1. wxWidgets
2. Python-wxWidgets
3. python-matplotlib, python-matplotlib-wx
4. fltk
5. Cg (Nvidia)
6. python-imaging
7. python-paramiko
8. python-yaml
9. log4cxx (source install from Apache, will need to fix few files with missing #include's cstring, cstdlib, cstdio etc.)
10. gtest (source install from google code)
11. libfreeimage
12. freeglut
13. libyaml
14. libxrandr
The rosdep cannnot detect the OpenSUSE OS the commands below will fail to detect the os, add a "-n" option to not automatically build. Then you will need to build manually like this, after manuallly resolving the dependencies.

. ~/ros/setup.sh
rosmake --no-rosdep rostest

rosinstall

The following lines will download the ROS source code using the rosinstall tool, and bootstrap the installation. The installation downloads all ROS stacks in subdirectories inside the ~/ros directory, one subdirectory for each stack in the rosinstall file.

First install rosinstall using pip (advanced options for pip):

```
sudo pip install -U rosinstall vcstools
```

There are many different libraries and tools in ROS. We provided four default configurations to get you started.

Desktop-Full Install: (Recommended): ROS Full, rviz, robot-generic libraries, 2D/3D simulators, navigation and 2D/3D perception

rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no"

Desktop Install: : ROS Full, rviz, and robot-generic libraries

rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=desktop&overlay=no"

ROS-Full: ROS package, build, communication, and graphical tools.

rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=ros-full&overlay=no"

ROS-Base: (Bare Bones) ROS package, build, and communication libraries.

rosinstall ~/ros "http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=electric&variant=ros-base&overlay=no"

NOTE: the instructions above download all stacks inside the ~/ros folder. If you prefer a different location, simply change the ~/ros in the commands above.

Please reference REP 113 for description of other available configurations.

Environment Setup

Shell language: Bash Bash Zsh Zsh

You'll now need to update your environment. You can do this by typing:

source ~/ros/setup.bash

It's convenient if the ROS environment variables are automatically added to your bash session every time a new shell is launched, which you can do with the command below:

echo "source ~/ros/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc

For Zsh users, change the last line of ~/ros/setup.zsh to

source $ROS_ROOT/tools/rosbash/roszsh

before running source ~/ros/setup.zsh Similarly, have the setup script called at the start of each new shell session with

echo "source ~/ros/setup.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
. ~/.zshrc

Tutorials

Now, to test your installation, please proceed to the ROS Tutorials.