installing-requirements

Install Ubuntu

The repository and its related components have been tested under the following Ubuntu distributions:

• ROS Kinetic: Ubuntu 16.04

If you do not have a Ubuntu distribution on your computer you can download it here

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Git - Version Control

Install Git Software

Install the Git core components and some additional GUI's for the version control:

 sudo apt-get install git-core gitg gitk

Set Up Git

Now it's time to configure your settings. To do this you need to open a new Terminal. First you need to tell git your name, so that it can properly label the commits you make:

 git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"

Git also saves your email address into the commits you make.

 git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"

Add your ssh key to GitHub

You can follow GitHub's documentation on ssh here. Make sure that you are following the instructions for Linux.

ROS - Robot Operating System

Install ROS

The repository has been tested successfully with the following ROS distributions. Use the link behind a ROS distribution to get to the particular ROS installation instructions.

• ROS Kinetic - http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installation/Ubuntu

NOTE: Do not forget to update your .bashrc!