Installation

• Version Control Software

  • slik svn : command line client for subversion.

  • msysgit : use latest and select 'Run git and unix tools from windows command prompt'

  • mercurial : latest version should do.

• Python Modules

  • python : use version 2.7

  • python-win32 : latest version usually works (v216+).

  • python-yaml : download for python 2.7

  • rosinstall-0.5.24.win32.exe : python module installer for windows.

Setup

• Create the PYTHONHOME environment variable (typically set to C:\Python27).

• Add %PYTHONHOME%/Scripts to your PATH variable.

Usage

From the shell, simply running rosinstall should give you almost the same interface as the linux version of rosinstall.

Differences to RosInstall

Differences to rosinstall are only minor:

• Rosinstall

  • The nobuild option is now the default (since we're using rosbuild2).

  • Adds a function which automatically sets up a windows setup.bat script.

• Other

  • Other scripts, notably rosco, roslocate, rosws are not yet included.