Ubuntu14.04 + ROS indigo环境安装更新版本Gazebo

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

因为，ros-indigo-desktop-full不仅包含了ros-indigo-ros-base、ros-indigo-desktop这些基本包，还集成了很多的功能包，其中包括gazebo2 以及gazebo与ROS连接的相关的包。gazebo的版本太低，如果不先卸载，会导致gazebo2 与更新版本gazebo的冲突。

使用如下命令进行卸载：

sudo apt-get remove ros-indigo-desktop-full 

或者

sudo apt-get autoremove ros-indigo-desktop-full

 或者

sudo apt-get remove ros-*

• Step2：添加源

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list'

查看是否添加成功

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list 

如果输出如下，则说明添加源成功。

deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable trusty main

• Step3：下载并添加秘钥

wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

• Step4：更新源

sudo apt-get update

• Step5：选择版本下载

输入如下命令，并用tab键查看所有可供下载的版本

sudo apt-get install gazebo

输出如下结果

gazebo2                     gazebo6-common



gazebo2-dbg                 gazebo6-dbg



gazebo3                     gazebo6-doc



gazebo3-common              gazebo6-plugin-base



gazebo3-dbg                 gazebo6-robocup3ds



gazebo3-doc                 gazebo6-robocup3ds-common



gazebo3-plugin-base         gazebo7



gazebo4                     gazebo7-common



gazebo4-common              gazebo7-dbg



gazebo4-dbg                 gazebo7-doc



gazebo4-doc                 gazebo7-haptix



gazebo4-plugin-base         gazebo7-haptix-common



gazebo5                     gazebo7-haptix-dbg



gazebo5-common              gazebo7-haptix-doc



gazebo5-dbg                 gazebo7-haptix-plugin-base



gazebo5-doc                 gazebo7-plugin-base



gazebo5-plugin-base         gazebo7-robocup3ds



gazebo6                     gazebo7-robocup3ds-common

或者，输入如下命令，并用tab键查看所有可供下载的版本

sudo apt-get install libgazebo

 输出如下结果

libgazebo3             libgazebo5-dev         libgazebo7-dev



libgazebo4             libgazebo6             libgazebo7-haptix



libgazebo4-dev         libgazebo6-dev         libgazebo7-haptix-dev



libgazebo5             libgazebo6-robocup3ds  libgazebo7-robocup3ds



libgazebo5-dbg         libgazebo7             libgazebo-dev

如果需要开发gazebo，则需安装libgazebo*-dev；如果只是使用gazebo，则只安装gazebo*即可

sudo apt-get install gazebo7

但是，可能会报错！！！ 没报错跳过这一步

Reading package lists... Done



Building dependency tree       



Reading state information... Done



Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have



requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable



distribution that some required packages have not yet been created



or been moved out of Incoming.



The following information may help to resolve the situation:



 



The following packages have unmet dependencies:



 gazebo7 : Depends: libgazebo7 (= 7.12.0-1~trusty) but it is not going to be installed



           Depends: libsdformat4 but it is not going to be installed



           Depends: gazebo7-common (= 7.12.0-1~trusty) but it is not going to be installed



           Recommends: gazebo7-plugin-base



E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

那么应该改用如下命令进行安装

sudo aptitude install gazebo7

安装完成后，验证

gazebo --version

输出如下，说明安装成功

Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 7.12.0



Copyright (C) 2012 Open Source Robotics Foundation.



Released under the Apache 2 License.



http://gazebosim.org

• Step6：重新安装ROS

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-desktop

• Step7： 安装ros与gazebo接口库

sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo7-*

大功告成！

• 注意

安装完之后，运行gazebo
可能会报错：VMware: vmw_ioctl_command error Invalid argument.
此错误是由于VMWare开了显示器的3D图形加速功能，具体解决方法：
先关闭虚拟机，然后通过右击VMWare虚拟机选择“设置”--“显示器”选项，关机“3D图形加速”功能；
重启虚拟机，重新运行gazebo即可。

See more：Gazebo官网http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=ros_installing&cat=connect_ros