Developer Setup

Developer Setup for IRIS

Installing Linux

• Option 1(simplest): Use Virtualbox or VMWare
  • Download VM Software for your OS:
    • VMWare (Recommended)
    • Oracle VM VirtualBox
  • Install with default settings
    • Use atleast 20gb
  • Download the Ubuntu 20.04 ISO
  • Create a new virtual machine with 64-bit Ubuntu Linux
• Option 2(tricky): Dual boot into Ubuntu

Installing required software

• ROS2 Galactic for Ubuntu: Install ROS 2 via Debian Packages
• git, a version control system: Install Git
  • Create and add SSH Key(optional)
• colcon, the ROS2 build tool: sudo apt install python3-colcon-common-extensions
• rosdep, the ROS dependency management tool: Install rosdep

Environment Setup

• ~./bashrc Updates so you don't have to source setup files each time
  • Adding setup script for apt-installed ROS packages:
    echo 'source /opt/ros/galactic/setup.bash' >> ~/.bashrc
  • Adding setup script for custom ROS packages in your colcon workspace:
    echo 'source ~/colcon_ws/install/setup.bash