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Setup your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org.
Note: there is a list of available mirrors for this repository which could improve the download speed.
You can check to see if the file was written correctly. For example, in Ubuntu Trusty, you can type:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable trusty main
- Setup keys
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Install Gazebo.
First update the debian database:
Hint: make sure the apt-get update process ends without any errors, the console output ends in
similar to below:Done
Next install gazebo-8 by:$ sudo apt-get update ... Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US Reading package lists... Done
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo7-ros-pkgs # For developers that work on top of Gazebo, one extra package sudo apt-get install libgazebo8-dev
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Check your installation
Note The first time
is executed requires the download of some models and it could take some time, please be patient.gazebo
sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo-ros-pkgs ros-indigo-gazebo-ros-control