Arch Linux install of ROS Noetic
Arch Linux packages are available for the following architectures.
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amd64 |
i686 |
arm |
armv6h |
armv7h |
aarch64 |
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Contents
Installation
Before you start
Since you'll be installing a lot of packages, it is recommended to use an AUR helper like paru. This tutorial will assume the use of paru as the AUR helper.
Installation
There are many different libraries and tools in ROS. We provided three default configurations to get you started. You can also install ROS packages individually.
Desktop-Full Install: (Recommended) : ROS, rqt, rviz, robot-generic libraries, 2D/3D simulators, navigation and 2D/3D perception
paru -S ros-noetic-desktop-full
Desktop Install: ROS, rqt, rviz, and robot-generic libraries
paru -S ros-noetic-desktop
ROS-Base: (Bare Bones) ROS package, build, and communication libraries. No GUI tools.
paru -S ros-noetic-ros-base
Individual Package: You can also install a specific ROS package (replace underscores with dashes of the package name):
paru -S ros-noetic-PACKAGE
- e.g.
paru -S ros-noetic-slam-gmapping
To find available packages, use:
paru -Ss ros-noetic
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
You must source this script in every bash terminal you use ROS in.
source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash
It can be convenient to automatically source this script every time a new shell is launched. These commands will do that for you.
Bash
If you have more than one ROS distribution installed, ~/.bashrc must only source the setup.bash for the version you are currently using.
echo "source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc
zsh
echo "source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.zsh" >> ~/.zshrc source ~/.zshrc