Install Guide
1. Ubuntu and ROS installation:
1. Install Ubuntu 20.04LTS (https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04)
2. Install ROS 1 Noetic (http://wiki.ros.org/noetic/Installation/Ubuntu)
3. Add the following Functions and Alias to your .bashrc file, to make development easier 🤓
1. Create a file to store the latest catkin workspace (if it does not exist) and put in the first line the default name, i.e. catkin_ws
```
if [ ! -f ~/.catkin_ws_config ]; then touch ~/.catkin_ws_config && echo catkin_ws > ~/.catkin_ws_config ;fi
```
2. Set the variable CATKIN_PACKAGE with the workspace in the catkin_ws_config file
```
export CATKIN_PACKAGE=$(head -n 1 ~/.catkin_ws_config)
```
3. Function to update the default catkin workspace variable and store the last setting in the file
```
set_catkin_ws_function() {
#set CATKIN_PACKAGE according the an input parameter
export CATKIN_PACKAGE=catkin_ws_$1
echo CATKIN_PACKAGE = ${CATKIN_PACKAGE}
# save into a hidden file the catkin workspace setting
echo $CATKIN_PACKAGE > ~/.catkin_ws_config
source ~/.bashrc
}
```
4. This is required (to source the ROS and medusa files)
```
source /opt/ros/noetic/setup.bash
export CATKIN_ROOT=${HOME}/<path_to_workspace>
export ROS_WORKSPACE=${CATKIN_ROOT}/${CATKIN_PACKAGE}
export MEDUSA_SCRIPTS=$(find ${ROS_WORKSPACE}/src/ -type d -iname medusa_scripts | head -n 1)
source ${MEDUSA_SCRIPTS}/medusa_easy_alias/medusa_permanent_alias/alias.sh
```
NOTE: replace /<path_to_workspace> with the folder where you put you catkin_ws inside (for example /dsor). If you put in your home folder, then this variable should be left empty!
- Create a catkin_ws directory
2. Downloading the repository:
Start by cloning the repository with git clone --recursive https://github.com/dsor-isr/medusa_base.
If the repository was cloned non-recursively previously, use git submodule update --init to clone the necessary submodules.
3. Configuring the dependencies: Run the installation bash script using
./