Created: Dec, 2015
Last modified: Dec, 2015
I use Ubuntu-based LXLE 14.04 (32-bit) which is made for resource constrained environment, and ROS Indigo Igloo which is a LTS distribution supported till 2019.
First trim down the OS by removing unneeded application:
# Remove unneeded applications
sudo apt-get remove samba* fbreader* pithos* audacity* libreoffice* shotwell* gimp* gitso* transmission* homebank* anki* marble* keepassx* photoprint* parcellite* simple-scan* xfburn* arista* multibootusb* gparted* xpad
# Remove games
sudo apt-get remove --purge chromium-bsu* aisleriot* biniax2* criticalmass* dreamchess* flobopuyo* gweled* gnome-hearts* hex-a-hop* hexalate* lbreakout2* ltris* mahjongg* mastermind* gnome-mines* numptyphysics* pipewalker* primrose* solarwolf* swell-foop* teeworlds* zaz zaz-data
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
And install useful applications
sudo apt-get install build-essential # install C++ compiler and other build tools
sudo apt-get vim git
sudo apt-get install arduino arduino-core
Second, install ROS Indigo and configure the environment. See ROS tutorials for more information.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-desktop-full
sudo rosdep init
rosdep update
echo "source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
sudo apt-get install python-rosinstall
Set the permission of “~/.ros” correctly:
sudo chown -R username:groupname ~/.ros
This can be useful to managing the code for a larger project so that the firmware update can be committed without involving Arduino IDE. See this tutorial.