1. Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

2. Setup source.list

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

3. Set up keys

If the key is newly added, you’ll be able to verify the imported message on the terminal. On the other hand, if the key already exists, you’ll see whether it has changed.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654

4. Update Ubuntu (Update Package index)

This command-line is recommended whenever you install Software or Package.

sudo apt-get update

5. Installation

There are three methods to install ROS, ranging from Desktop-Full install to ROS-Base. Among them, the Desktop-Full install is the recommended option. Additionally, to follow various tutorials on the web, using the recommended version is advised.

5.1 Desktop-Full Install (Recommended)

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop-full

6. Initialize rosdep

rosdep is a command-line tool for installing system dependencies.

sudo rosdep init
rosdep update

7. Environment setup (option)

Now, environment variables will be set up whenever you open a new terminal. You can also edit them through .bashrc.

echo "source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc

7.1 Check whether Environment variables are well added.

If you can see environment variables like ROS_ROOT and ROS_PACKAGE_PATH, it means they have been added properly.

printenv | grep ROS

8. Dependencies for building packages

$ sudo apt install python-rosinstall python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-essential