In this step, you have to select your Ubuntu version. It is possible to install ROS Kinetic in various versions of the operating system. You can use any of them, but we recommend version 15.10 to follow the chapters of this section. Keep in mind that Kinetic works in the Wily Werewolf (15.10) and Xenial Xerus (16.04) versions of Ubuntu. Type the following command to add the repositories:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
Downloading the example code:
Detailed steps to download the code bundle are mentioned in the Preface of this section. Please have a look.
The code bundle for the section is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/rosbook/effective_robotics_programming_with_ros. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!
Detailed steps to download the code bundle are mentioned in the Preface of this section. Please have a look.
The code bundle for the section is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/rosbook/effective_robotics_programming_with_ros. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!
Once you've added the correct repository, your operating system will know where to download programs to install them into your system.