Groovy Install

We assume you've installed ROS groovy following those instructions.

• You'll need to install the following packages to be able to build from source.

> sudo apt-get install python-rosdep python-wstool build-essential
> sudo rosdep init
> rosdep update

• You can now download the rosinstall file - this file contains all the information needed to download the different source of the packages that need to be built. We'll assume the file has been downloaded to ~/Downloads/sr_ronex.rosinstall.

• Let's create a catkin workspace to download and compile the different packages. We'll use ~/catkin_ws for this step by step (but it could be anywhere).

 > mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
 > cd ~/catkin_ws/src
 > wstool init
 > wstool merge ~/Downloads/ronex-groovy.rosinstall
 > wstool update
 > rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro groovy -y

• To load the workspace, you need to source the setup.bash:

 > source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

• If you want the workspace to be sourced each time you open a terminal, then you can source it in your ~/.bashrc. To do this run:

 > echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

• It is now time to build all those packages (this can take a long time)

 > cd ~/catkin_ws
 > catkin_make_isolated

Once this command finishes successfuly, the RoNeX drivers are installed. You can continue reading the wiki to get started with your RoNeX.