Computer Setup

These instructions are intended to setup IML students with ROS2 in an Ubuntu 22.04 environment.

Ubuntu 22.04 as your primary OS or within a partition

Setting Up an Ubuntu 22.04 Partition (Dual Boot)

First, you'll need to create a bootable USB thumb drive with Ubuntu 22.04 on it, follow the instructions on this "Create a bootable USB stick on Windows" Ubuntu Tutorial.
Then install Ubuntu 22.04 on your machine from the USB thumb drive. It can be helpful to follow itzgeek's Ubuntu Dual Boot Alongside Windows instructions starting from Step 3.

ROS2 Installation

Installing the ROS2 Humble

Follow these instructions to install ROS2 Humble.

Installing these necessary ROS2 dependencies:


          $ sudo apt install -y python3-pip
          $ pip3 install -U argcomplete
          $ sudo apt install python3-colcon-common-extensions
          $ sudo apt-get install liburdfdom-tools
          $ sudo apt-get install ros-humble-sensor-msgs-py
          $ sudo apt install ros-humble-gazebo-ros-pkgs
          $ sudo apt-get install -y ros-geometry-msgs
          $ sudo apt-get install ros-humble-joint-state-publisher