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Binary installation with apt

On Debian-like systems (e.g. Ubuntu), robotpkg packages are provided in binary, pre-compiled form. This type of installation saves time and energy, as you don’t have to compile the source code. On the other hand, it does not allow fine tuning of compilation options and is limited to the installation of released packages.

Setup

The apt repository is setup as explained in the robotpkg documentation.

In summary:

robotpkg apt repository initial setup
$ codename=`lsb_release -sc`
$ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/robotpkg.list <<EOF
deb [arch=amd64] http://robotpkg.openrobots.org/packages/debian/pub $codename robotpkg
EOF
$ curl http://robotpkg.openrobots.org/packages/debian/robotpkg.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo apt update

Packages are always installed in /opt/openrobots. For convenience, you probably need to setup your shell to look for programs there:

$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/openrobots/bin:/opt/openrobots/sbin

In order to make this change permanent, you must edit your shell startup file and add the above command in that file. For instance, if you use the bash shell, the file to be edited would be .bashrc. See your shell documentation for details.

Installation

The package(s) name(s) to install with apt install are all prefixed with robotpkg-. Packages are compiled with a set of predefined default options, that are appended to the package name to distinguish between different options for the same package. For instance, genom3 components are compiled with the pocolibs and ros middlewares separately.

You can search for available packages by using apt search:

$ sudo apt search robotpkg-rotorcraft
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
robotpkg-rotorcraft-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server/focal 3.4r1 amd64
  Low level controller for tk3 quadrotors

robotpkg-rotorcraft-genom3+codels+openprs+ros-client-c+ros-client-ros+ros-server/focal 3.4r1 amd64
  Low level controller for tk3 quadrotors

A good starting point when using telekyb3 is to install the following packages:

$ sudo xargs apt install -y <<EOF
  robotpkg-pom-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-rotorcraft-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-optitrack-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-nhfc-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-uavatt-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-uavpos-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-maneuver-genom3+codels+openprs+pocolibs-client-c+pocolibs-server
  robotpkg-tk3-paparazzi
  robotpkg-tk3-flash
EOF

Updates

Updates are done as usual with apt:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade