Hi everybody !
I am sure there are a lot of other robot fan-boys running on Porteus.
Our lab is currently running all its robots on Porteus and I am trying to make ROS run on Porteus.
ROS (Robot Operating System) is a huge flexible framework for writing robot software. It simplifies a lot the use of robots.
I would need a little help as I am new as well with Porteus as with huge cross-platform compilation/dependencies.
The problem is that they use their own tool to resolve ROS library dependencies (and there are a lot) and they no longer officially support Slackware, thus I keep on getting compilation errors while installing libs one by one.
Any advice on how to get all the dependencies of a software and package them for Porteus ?
Here is the sort tutorial to install ROS from source so that you see better : http://wiki.ros.org/hydro/Installation/Source
(the problem is with rosdep)
However if some of you managed to port ROS on Porteus, I would be very pleased if you could share it
Thank you for your help and sorry if it looks confused :p
Ask questions if you don't get my problem
Niko
Robots : ROS on Porteus
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Re: Robots : ROS on Porteus
Hi Niko,
While waiting or compiling your deps on Slackware, you may try the few virtual machine image built with ROS pre-installed.
http://nootrix.com/downloads/#RosVM
It is a link from ROS.org installation page.
You just need to run your Porteus, built VirtualBox using KDE Menu > All Application > System > VirtualBox Builder
Activate the VirtualBox module and start VirtualBox.
Download the virtual machine image and start it using the VirtualBox.
You will be up in no time.
While waiting or compiling your deps on Slackware, you may try the few virtual machine image built with ROS pre-installed.
http://nootrix.com/downloads/#RosVM
It is a link from ROS.org installation page.
You just need to run your Porteus, built VirtualBox using KDE Menu > All Application > System > VirtualBox Builder
Activate the VirtualBox module and start VirtualBox.
Download the virtual machine image and start it using the VirtualBox.
You will be up in no time.