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# ROS installation on Ubuntu 18.04

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*Use virtual machine to install Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10
Then, install ROS melodic on Ubuntu 18.04*

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## Find and install your preferred virtual machine

- Vmware player :heart: https://www.vmware.com/tw/products/workstation-player.html
- VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/
- Hyper-V https://docs.microsoft.com/zh-tw/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/about/

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## Download ISO file of Ubuntu 18.04
https://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/

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## Guide for Ubuntu installation using Vmware player
https://reurl.cc/d2bL46

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## ROS distributions
http://wiki.ros.org/Distributions
##### :bulb: There are matched distros for ros and ubuntu:

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## Install ROS melodic on Ubuntu 18.04

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- Part 1

# Update the package lists
sudo apt update -y

# Install build environment, the chrony, ntpdate and set the ntpdate
sudo apt install -y chrony ntpdate curl build-essential net-tools nmap
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com

# Add the ROS repository
if [ ! -e /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list ]; then
  sudo sh -c "echo \"deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main\" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list"
fi

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- Part 2

# Download the ROS keys
sudo apt install curl # if you haven't already installed curl
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.asc | sudo apt-key add -

# Update the package lists once more
sudo apt update -y

# Install ros-desktop-full version of Melodic
sudo apt install -y ros-melodic-desktop-full

# Install RQT & Gazebo
sudo apt install -y ros-melodic-rqt-* ros-melodic-gazebo-*

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- Part 3

# Environment setup and getting rosinstall
source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.sh
sudo apt install -y python3-rosinstall python3-rosinstall-generator python3-wstool build-essential git

# Install rosdep and Update
sudo apt install python3-rosdep

# Initialize rosdep and Update
sudo sh -c "rosdep init"
rosdep update

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- Part 4

# Make the catkin workspace
mkdir -p ~/Desktop/catkin_ws/src
cd ~/Desktop/catkin_ws/src

# Download sample codes and test catkin_make
git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3.git
git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3_msgs.git
cd ~/Desktop/catkin_ws
catkin_make

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- Part 5

# Set the ROS evironment
echo "alias nb='nano ~/.bashrc'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias sb='source ~/.bashrc'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias gs='git status'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias gp='git pull'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias cw='cd ~/Desktop/catkin_make'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias cs='cd ~/Desktop/catkin_make/src'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "alias cm='cd ~/Desktop/catkin_make && catkin_make'" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "source ~/Desktop/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

echo "export MASTER_IP=localhost" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export ROS_HOSTNAME=localhost" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL=burger" >> ~/.bashrc

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- Part 6

# Install Dependent ROS Packages
sudo apt-get install -y ros-melodic-joy ros-melodic-teleop-twist-joy \
  ros-melodic-teleop-twist-keyboard ros-melodic-laser-proc \
  ros-melodic-rgbd-launch ros-melodic-rosserial-arduino \
  ros-melodic-rosserial-python ros-melodic-rosserial-client \
  ros-melodic-rosserial-msgs ros-melodic-amcl ros-melodic-map-server \
  ros-melodic-move-base ros-melodic-urdf ros-melodic-xacro \
  ros-melodic-compressed-image-transport ros-melodic-rqt* ros-melodic-rviz \
  ros-melodic-gmapping ros-melodic-navigation ros-melodic-interactive-markers