Overview

This article describes how to install ROS on a Microsoft Windows computer.

Supported Versions

• Windows 7 32/64 Bit
• Windows 8 32/64 Bit

Supported Build Tools

• Programming Languages
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 (MSVC 11)
  • MinGW
  • Python 2.7.3
• Build Tools
  • CMake 2.8.10.2

Binary Install (.msi)

TODO

Source Install

Install Prerequisites

• Install Cmake

• Install git (http://git-scm.com/)

• Install svn (http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/)

• Install Visual C++ SDK and/or MinGW
• Install Python 2.7
• Install Python setuptools
• Add C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts to your path

• Apply Python 2.7 Fix if using 64 Bit (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3652625/installing-setuptools-on-64-bit-windows)

Install Pip and Core Python Packages

• Install pip (easy_install.exe pip)
• pip.exe install empy nose catkin_pkg

Create catkin Workspace

• Create a catkin workspace
  • Create a folder
  • Create a "build" and "src" folder in said folder

  • Checkout gtest into your catkin workspace (svn checkout http://googletest.googlecode.com/svn/tags/release-1.6.0 gtest)

  • Clone catkin from source into your catkin workspace
  • Copy the toplevel.cmake file into the workspace root and rename to CMakeLists.txt
  • Test the catkin workspace to be buildable
  • cd into build folder
  • type cmake ../src
  • visual c++ solution called Project.sln should be in build folder
  • Open file with VC++ and build

TODO: Remaining packages here