multiple distributions on a single system

asked 2012-01-10 17:30:01 -0500

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I installed ROS Electric, however I read that ROS Diamondback has an enhanced support as far as 2D/3D visualization and Kinect are concerned (that I require).

Can I install Diamondback on the same system (I'm using an Ubuntu 11.10 based PC) or should I just install the additional packages that are in Diamondback?

(My concern being any duplicity resulting in errors on having 2 distributions.)

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Where did you read about Diamondback being better for your uses? I use some kinect stuff and have only found improvement with Electric over Diamondback. Be sure you weren't just reading something discussing the time before Electric was released.

Murph ( 2012-01-11 05:01:11 -0500 )edit

^That was probably the case. Thanks.

kshitij ( 2012-01-18 03:18:34 -0500 )edit

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As @ahendrix says, you can install as many distributions as you like. To avoid mixing packages, be careful to set `$ROS_HOME` and `$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH` appropriately. See also: http://answers.ros.org/question/2491/upgrading-from-diamondback-to-electric-problems

joq ( 2012-01-11 02:56:20 -0500 )edit

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