Confused about package installtion options
Hey,
I am really confused about all the options to install a package either from deb (ok, this not really confused about) or source.
I tried to figure out how to get the turtlebot simulator working on my current system (Ubuntu 14.04 ros-indigo gazebo_2_2). So first I looked up the branches on the github repositories and found the indigo Branch (Turtlebot-Indigo-Branch ). So I tried to install this package but failed. There is a .rosinstall file but i found in several other questions on answers.ros.org also a lot about rosmake, roslocate (which wont work for me somhow), local installtion of ros and so on and I got really confused ( The confusing link :))
On the other hand there are also a lot of packages which could be installed (?) like these ones Packages which can be installed
So for now I am really really confused about all the installation methods and downloading the packages.
Maybe some find this a question for real freshmen but I am a little bit clueless with this.
Do you want to install the complete ROS from source or just the turtlebot simulator?
PS: The answer in your link refers to using rosbuild. For indigo you will have to create a catkin workspace and build your from-source-package there: http://wiki.ros.org/catkin/Tutorials/...
I already installed Ros via deb so i just want to run turtlebot simulator but I am actually looking for a general answer for installing packages and stacks. Oh thanks i didnt notice this about rosbuild in the link. I already did the tutorials but maybe i missed something with catkin workspaces