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Installing the latest ROS 2 development

If you plan to contribute directly to the latest ROS 2 development, you can install ROS 2 by building it from source or installing pre-release binaries. This will give you the latest bug fixes and features.

Pre-release binaries

See Pre-release Testing.

Building from source

Note

The latest development does not go through the same rigorous testing as releases and is not recommended if you are looking for a stable version of ROS 2. Instead, choose a ROS distribution that has already been released.

Follow the links below for the latest setup instructions for your platform:

• Linux

• macOS

• Windows

For keeping your source code up-to-date, see Maintaining a Source Checkout.