Install ROS Melodic Morenia on Raspberry pi 4B

According to only Ubuntu 19.10 can be use in Raspberry pi 4 .
but Ros only could install on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ( ROS will not support NLTS anymore).
To get the method is Twists and turns bCuz information in internet for install ROS on Raspberry pi 4 is rarely that make me write this article.

Step 1 Update Bootloader Firmware First (using Raspbian)!

If you have multiple SD cards ,Using this method you can periodically swap out the card and install the latest firmware updates to your Pi 4 and then switch right back to Ubuntu.

one Feasible method is

1.Download Raspbian image

download Raspbian Buster Lite from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

2.Write to sd card

Unzip the file you downloaded and burn it to your sd card.
Then insert your SD card into the Pi 4 and start it up!

I'm use Win32DiskImager.

3.Update Bootloader Firmware

install the latest firmware using this command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo rpi-update

Next we are going to check for bootloader updates. We do this using the new rpi-eeprom utility. The following command will check for updates:

sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a

Step 2 Installed Revised Image

if you are not want to use this Preinstalled Image maybe you can get some information on
https://medium.com/@RouYunPan/樹莓派4-安裝-ubuntu-mate-18-04-ee50fd2647ea
to make ur ubuntu Revision.

warning ： this is UnOfficial.

Download Prebuilt Ubuntu 18.04.3 image

download ubuntu-18.04.3-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi4.img.xz from
https://github.com/TheRemote/Ubuntu-Server-raspi4-unofficial/releases

2.Write to sd card

Unzip the file you downloaded and burn it to your sd card.
( maybe another sd card or overwrite the sd card you burned Raspbian )
I'm use Win32DiskImager.

Log in

Username: ubuntu

Password: ubuntu

Step 3 Installed ROS Melodic Morenia

Just install ,Step description copy from http://wiki.ros.org/melodic/Installation/Ubuntu

Setup your sources.list

Setup your computer to accept software from packages.ros.org.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Set up your keys

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654

If you experience issues connecting to the keyserver, you can try substituting hkp://pgp.mit.edu:80 or hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 in the previous command.

Alternatively, you can use curl instead of the apt-key command, which can be helpful if you are behind a proxy server:

curl -sSL 'http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654' | sudo apt-key add -

Installation

  • First, make sure your Debian package index is up-to-date:

    ​​​​sudo apt update

    There are many different libraries and tools in ROS. We provided four default configurations to get you started. You can also install ROS packages individually.

    In case of problems with the next step, you can use following repositories instead of the ones mentioned above ros-shadow-fixed

    • Desktop-Full Install: (Recommended) : ROS, rqt, rviz, robot-generic libraries, 2D/3D simulators and 2D/3D perception

      ​​​​​​​​sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full

      or click here

    • Desktop Install: ROS, rqt, rviz, and robot-generic libraries

      ​​​​​​​​sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop

      or click here

    • ROS-Base: (Bare Bones) ROS package, build, and communication libraries. No GUI tools.

      ​​​​​​​​sudo apt install ros-melodic-ros-base

      or click here

    • Individual Package: You can also install a specific ROS package (replace underscores with dashes of the package name):

      ​​​​​​​​sudo apt install ros-melodic-PACKAGE

      e.g.

      ​​​​​​​​sudo apt install ros-melodic-slam-gmapping

    To find available packages, use:

    ​​​​apt search ros-melodic

Initialize rosdep

Before you can use ROS, you will need to initialize rosdep. rosdep enables you to easily install system dependencies for source you want to compile and is required to run some core components in ROS.

sudo rosdep init
rosdep update

Environment setup

  • It's convenient if the ROS environment variables are automatically added to your bash session every time a new shell is launched:

    ​​​​echo "source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
​​​​source ~/.bashrc

    If you have more than one ROS distribution installed, ~/.bashrc must only source the setup.bash for the version you are currently using.

    • If you just want to change the environment of your current shell, instead of the above you can type:

      ​​​​​​​​source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash

    • If you use zsh instead of bash you need to run the following commands to set up your shell:

      ​​​​​​​​echo "source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc
​​​​​​​​source ~/.zshrc

Dependencies for building packages

Up to now you have installed what you need to run the core ROS packages. To create and manage your own ROS workspaces, there are various tools and requirements that are distributed separately. For example, rosinstall is a frequently used command-line tool that enables you to easily download many source trees for ROS packages with one command.

To install this tool and other dependencies for building ROS packages, run:

sudo apt install python-rosinstall python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-essential

Build farm status

The packages that you installed were built by the ROS build farm. You can check the status of individual packages here.

Step 3 Installed ROS 2 brige Melodic Morenia

Select a repo