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Installation of ROS C Turtle on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install ROS for the first time on Ubuntu. i can't set the key. it seems that the http link is not reachable.

mahmoud@mahmoud-VirtualBox:~$ sudo wget http://code.ros.org/packages/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
--2017-12-26 12:01:31--  http://code.ros.org/packages/ros.key
Resolving code.ros.org (code.ros.org)... 70.35.54.198
Connecting to code.ros.org (code.ros.org)|70.35.54.198|:80... failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

Asked by abukhader91 on 2017-12-26 06:29:21 UTC

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We can probably help you, but I'd like to know first why you're trying to install an 8-year old ROS version first. Do you have a specific reason why you're installing C Turtle?

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2017-12-26 07:48:41 UTC

well, i'm pretty new to ROS and I'm trying to run an example. they have recommended to use C Turtle.

Asked by abukhader91 on 2017-12-26 08:00:20 UTC

they have recommended to use C Turtle

unless you know what you are doing (ie: have become more comfortable with ROS), I would strongly recommend to not install C Turtle. In fact, I'd not touch any ROS versions other than Indigo, Kinetic or Lunar.

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2017-12-27 09:05:58 UTC

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