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ROS (Robot Operating System) is a set of software libraries and tools that help developers build robot applications from inside another operating system such as Ubuntu. ROS provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more.

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.desktop file to launch shell script (ROS, kitty)

I have a large launchfile that does a variety of stuff. (fulllaunch.sh) It starts up multiple ROS launchfiles and roscore. But independent of its actual code, i want to be able to start any .sh with a ...
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How to solve this error "E: Unable to locate package ros-humble-desktop"?

I got this error message while installing ros2 humble on my ubuntu 22.04 . I did follow all off the steps in the ros2 documentation and even tried all over again but still got the same error. Does ...
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v4l2 doesnt load the node at the pi 4

i have a 2 big problem with camera screening from my raspberry pi 4(Ubuntu MATE 22.04 OS)! 1 : i installed libcamera successfully and its showing in my folder and ls but i cant run it everytime i want ...
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Using Ubuntu 22.04 for ROS2 Humble, Ceres-Solver, PCL and Octomap

I am trying to use Ubuntu 22.04 for ROS2 Humble, Ceres-solver, PCL and Octomap. I keep on running issues with these programs. I downloaded ROS2 Humble as a debian and I think it works correctly but ...
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Can't install ROS due to malformed entry in sources (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

I'm trying to install ROS and can't because: E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list (Suite) E: The list of sources could not be read. What do I do? History: 1 ...
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CPU usage when GUI is on vs GUI is off : Ubuntu 20.04 and Raspberry pi 4

Myself going to use Raspberry pi 4 (8gb ram) with ubuntu 20.04 installed in it, for my projects using ROS. I will use the GUI for some main debugging purposes, or else I would stop the GUI and prefer ...
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404 error while installing ros

I followed instructions on "https://linuxopsys.com/topics/install-ros-noetic-on-ubuntu" website to install ros noetic. The first two steps were fine While I used the command sudo apt ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.6 on Virtualbox: Error - can't open display

Currently using Ubuntu installed on Virtualbox with Windows 7 as the main system. Was going through some ROS basics with rosrun turtlesim turtelsim_node and got errors like: qt.qpa.xcb: could not ...
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Malformed line 1 in source list error [duplicate]

i wanted to install the husky robot to use it in gazebo sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-husky-simulator but i got this error E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable....
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I need help connecting serial ports to Ubuntu in WSL

I have attempted many ways of trying to connect the serial ports, but I'm not sure how as they all show input output error. The system does recognize something is connected as shown on the screenshots....
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Downgrade Ubuntu 22.10 to 20.04 for ROS

I would like to downgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 is it is officially supported by ROS Noetic Ninjemys. What are the exact steps that I can follow without breaking my machine?
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Apt update error in ros2-latest.list

I'm trying to run sudo apt update And I get this message E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2-latest.list (Component) E: The list of sources could not be read. Here is /etc/...
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How to create a Multipass instance with custom installed softwares and share it with others

I would like my students to use a specific version of Ubuntu with custom-installed software (ROS and Gazebo, software for robotic applications). In addition, my students might be running Windows, Mac ...
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How to install ROS Noetic on ubuntu 20.04 without adding the repository http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu focal InRelease

How can I download the .deb packages for the ROS Noetic and then install in Ubuntu 20.04, because the system server has very limited access to repositories that's why I am trying to figure out this ...
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A new virtual environment created with virtualenvwrapper is not empty when the ROS path is sourced

Problem creation: Install virtualenvwrapper. Install ROS 2. In a shell, source the ROS2 path by source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash. In the same shell, create a virtual environment with mkvirtualenv ...
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ssh can access master but not the devices connected to the master

Hi im trying to connect to the master computer using ssh (linksys-wify), its not showing any errors when connecting, but when trying to see the list of devices connected in my master computer using ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 sources. list access denied

I have an issue about how to enable the repositories, i copied and replaced the complete sources.list files in the sources.list document using wsl 2. After replacing and saving an image popped up ...
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rosdep update turns error in ROS Noetic Ubuntu 20.04

I'm new at ROS and I'm facing this problem. I actually installed noetic version in my Ubuntu 20.04 but for some reason when I build my ORB SLAM3 package I installed python3-rosdep2 and since after ...
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how to check and confirm a right opengl version with vcxsrv (for using ros2 rviz2)

i have a remote-host (ubuntu 20.04), and a local-host (win10 pc, with nv rtx3050ti gpu, updated driver), i started vcxsrv on local-host by(win\cmd): vcxsrv.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -ac then ...
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Best Raspberry Pi OS for ROS Noetic

I installed ROS Noetic on Raspberry Pi OS ( my RP is a 64-bit B4 model) but I cannot run some commands it so I decided to change it to Ubuntu. I can install Ubuntu mate or Ubuntu itself for this ...
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Is it possible to connect 8 usb cameras to Ubuntu , I'm using a TP-Link 7 ports hub , and I cant find the way to access the cameras at the same time

I'm working on a project on ROS and I need to connect 8 usb cameras , so I bought a usb hub from TP-link but still cant access all the cameras at the same time , could you help me with this ?
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ros noetic from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04

I have Ubuntu 20.04.4 and I want to ask you a question. I have ros noetic & gazebo.If I upgrade my system to 22.04, will there be any problem ? Is ros noetic compatible with 22.04 ? Thanks.
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When I launch in gazebo, I got gtk message like that "Gtk-Message: 16:37:21.921: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged

I used Ubuntu 18.04 and ROS. When I launch gazebo world launch, I got gtk message and I cannot open the my world model in gazebo. How can I fix this?
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ROS is missing a Release file [duplicate]

Every time I try to install ROS to my system and run the command sudo apt update, a package is not found. I tried most of the solutions offered here but the problem still shows up. The error message ...
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Why all my works are deleted?

I use ubuntu 20.04 recently on my laptop windows 10. ubuntu recommended me to install ubuntu 20.04.4 and without it I couldn’t install ROS. So I install it and Ros has been downloaded successfully. ...
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How to reinstall ros-noetic on Ubuntu 20.04?

I'm trying to reinstall my ros-noetic on Ubuntu 20.04. I have done sudo apt-get remove ros-* and sudo apt-get autoremove I think I have already removed all the previous ros. now I'm following ...
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Getting Failure to fetch http://ports.ubuntu.com/

While trying to install some packages of TB3 on Raspberry pi 3B+, And while giving the command "sudo apt install net-tools", I am getting the following two errors: Failed to fetch http://...
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catkin_init_workspace and catkin_make are commands not found

I have been trying to make an Unbuntu 22.04 ROS2 Humble catkin workspace, but I have been unable to resolve the two command not found errors. Trying to reinstall the catkin package has not been much ...
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Issue installing ROS noetic on Ubuntu 20.04

I've been attempting to install ROS noetic on a freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04. I started with setting up the sources list, then setting up the keys, and running sudo apt update, following this guide: ...
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Getting error each time I run catkin_make

I am getting this error each time I run catkin_make. I have tried multiple things already, but none of them seems to work pdk4@pdk4:~/catkin_ws$ catkin_make Base path: /home/pdk4/catkin_ws Source ...
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How can I run ROS2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS [closed]

I have issue with having unavailable to run ROS2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
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sudo apt-get update gives Error:Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list [duplicate]

Upon removing ROS, python and Realsense from my ubuntu 18.04 install, I was trying to update the lists before embarking on a fresh install when the below error occured. Below I followed the ...
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Installing ROS2 : E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages [duplicate]

I'm not an expert in linux and just a beginner in ROS. I need to install this version of ros : ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy (https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Installation.html) On my linux computer : Distributor ID:...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - Catkin_make -> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11::X11

My problem is the following: I am trying to run some ROS packages. I have already did it on a virtual machine so the packages are correct. I want now to do the same on my parition, I installed the ...
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"Findfilters.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this

I getting this error while building my project dir ,and also not able find the path for Findilters.cmake plz help me resolve this issue CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:7 (find_package): By not providing ...
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Can I still use Ubuntu 18.04 MATE on my Raspberry Pi?

I am using ROS Melodic, which supports up to Ubuntu 18.04. I know that Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is no longer supported, but can I still download it to my Raspberry Pi 3 and install packages onto it?
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while installing i got error in ros error in ubuntu 18.05

while installing ros i get the error E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list (Component) E: The list of sources could not be read
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After creating catkin workspace for ros noetic i received the following message [closed]

bash: /home/mohammad/catkim_ws/devel/setup.bash: No such file or directory
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If I dual boot Ubuntu on my Windows desktop and then I use Ubuntu, is that considered native ubuntu?

Essentially I would like to Learn ROS with Gazebo and Rviz. So if I have to get rid of windows to use those efficiently I would. If I dual boot would those programs run just as well as if I had only ...
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ROS and MoveIt noetic on ubuntu runs very slow in my MacBook pro

I installed Ubuntu from virtual box, and then ROS and Moveit Noetic because I need to do a robotics project. However, it's been like 2 weeks and I have been searching for a solution because as soon as ...
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The CMAKE_C_COMPILER: /usr/local/bin/cc is not a full path to an existing compiler tool

I know there are a lot of similar questions on the internet but I tried everything. But nothing works Idk what I am doing wrong. The CMAKE_C_COMPILER: /usr/local/bin/cc is not a full path to ...
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Error at catkin installation [duplicate]

i am trying to setup ROS environment, at the catkin stage, following errors occurred when i try to install it. $ sudo apt install catkin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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CA Certificates Not Recognized

I've been trying to get CA Certs installed because I'm getting errors when trying to use rosdep init which makes calls to "raw.githubusercontent.com". If I do the same call with wget I'll ...
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How to fix /usr/bin/env: 'python': No such file or directory

I am trying to set up a subscriber and publisher in ros noetic on ubuntu 20.04 following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBtKo_pXrJQ&t=290s. Where I am stuck is at 4:48 where instead of ...
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How to use raspberry pi gpio pin with using ubuntu 18.04.5 [duplicate]

I am using raspberry pi 4 model and I installed ubuntu 18.04.5 OS . I am working with ROS where all the related package I installed and it is working but after that I want to run motor by using ...
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Ros in M1 macbook air

I'm considering buying M1 macbook air.Can m1 mac run ubuntu in parallels(virtual machine)with all apps eligible to run. Could i use this for robotics(ros) and related works??
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exception = libconsole_bridge.so.0.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm trying to migrat a robot's ROS packages from ubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 18.04. The packages are not available in ROS Melodic yet but i need to run them on ROS Melodic. Most of the packages work and ...
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QtCore could not be found by catkin_make a SpotMicro(robot-dog)

Anyone met a problem when compiling a spot micro there is an error "reported QT_INSTALL_LIBS as "/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu" but qtcore could not be found there. QT is NOT installed ...
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Is there a difference between Ubuntu 18.04.5 and Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]

I need Ubuntu 18.04 to install ROS Melodic on it, but the ISO file i found for 18.04 has been giving me so many problems (no wifi adapter detected so I can't sudo apt update, no exfat detected so i ...
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connect two computers to send and receive data in real time

I have an old robot that only works with Ubuntu 14.04 and Python 2. The robot arm is controlled using ROS1. I wish to program the robot using python 3. I cannot upgrade the robot or its operating ...
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