Install Gazebo 8 Ros Kinetic

Download the archive containing the virtual machine.

Install gazebo 8 ros kinetic. In vmware player press open a virtual machine. On a terminal run the following commands. Note that there are also packages available from ubuntu upstream. Windows 64 bit download and install the vmware player software.

These instructions are for using the gazebo versions that are fully integrated with ros lunar ros kinetic and ros indigo. Browse to the location of the ubuntu image select ros indigo gazebo v3 and press ok. Check the walkthrough page for step by step instructions on how to interact with the competition. Install gazebo 8 or 9 using commands.

The major version i e 7 x series of gazebo7 for ros kinetic lunar of gazebo present in ros is selected at the beginning of the ros release cycle and will be kept due to binary compatibility reasons during the whole life of the ros distribution. Sudo apt get install ros kinetic gazebo8 ros pkgs ros kinetic gazebo8 ros control ros kinetic gazebo8 for. Ros kinetic hosts or use the 7 x version of gazebo. For a fully integrated ros system we recommend using the 7 x version of gazebo.

Run roscore to confirm ros installation. Sudo apt update sudo apt install y ros kinetic servicebot ros kinetic servicesim gazebo8 libgazebo8 dev next. These packages are more efficient than source based builds and are our preferred installation method for ubuntu. Ubuntu install of ros kinetic.

Using a specific gazebo version with ros. Sudo apt get install gazebo7 ros kinetic qt build ros kinetic gazebo ros control ros kinetic gazebo ros pkgs ros kinetic ros control ros kinetic control toolbox ros kinetic realtime tools ros kinetic ros controllers ros kinetic xacro python wstool ros kinetic tf conversions ros kinetic kdl parser. The way to proceed is just to use the ros repository it will automatically install gazebo7 and do not use the osrfoundation repository. We are building debian packages for several ubuntu platforms listed below.