Gentoo install of ROS Kinetic

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Gentoo install of ROS Kinetic
2. Tutorials

Installation

First, set the following in /etc/portage/profile/eapi.

Next, you need to add the ros-overlay sources to your emaint configuration.

# mkdir /etc/portage/repos.conf

Add the following to the file /etc/portage/repos.conf/ros-overlay.conf

[ros-overlay]
location = /usr/local/portage
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/ros/ros-overlay
auto-sync = yes
masters = gentoo

Then synchronize the repository.

# emaint sync -r ros-overlay

While Python 3 works for most of the libraries in ROS, there are still many components that rely on Python 2, making it the recommended choice for installation.

This implies you'll need to use eselect python to choose Python2.7 and add to /etc/portage/package.use:

ros-kinetic/* PYTHON_TARGETS: -* python2_7
ros-kinetic/* PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET: -* python2_7

There are many different libraries and tools in ROS. We provided four default configurations to get you started. You can also install ROS packages individually.

In case of problems with the next step, you can use following repositories instead of the ones mentioned above ros-shadow-fixed

Desktop-Full Install: (Recommended) : ROS, rqt, rviz, robot-generic libraries, 2D/3D simulators, navigation and 2D/3D perception
- ```
# emerge ros-kinetic/desktop_full --ask
```
Desktop Install: ROS, rqt, rviz, and robot-generic libraries
- ```
# emerge ros-kinetic/desktop --ask
```
ROS-Base: (Bare Bones) ROS package, build, and communication libraries. No GUI tools.
- ```
# emerge ros-kinetic/ros_base
```
Individual Package: You can also install a specific ROS package:

# emerge ros-kinetic/PACKAGE

e.g.

# emerge ros-kinetic/slam_gmapping

To find available packages, use:

ls /usr/local/portage/ros/ros-kinetic

Initialize rosdep

Before you can use ROS, you will need to initialize rosdep. rosdep enables you to easily install system dependencies for source you want to compile and is required to run some core components in ROS.

sudo rosdep init
rosdep update

Getting rosinstall

rosinstall is a frequently used command-line tool in ROS that is distributed separately. It enables you to easily download many source trees for ROS packages with one command.

To install this tool on Gentoo, run:

# emerge dev-python/rosinstall

Build farm status

todo!

Tutorials

Now, to test your installation, please proceed to the ROS Tutorials.