Install Ros Indigo without downloading it everytime via terminal

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asked 2019-02-26 07:36:58 -0500

Battu007
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updated 2019-02-26 08:19:09 -0500

Simply said, I have to install ROS Indigo on different computers, multiple times.
My plan was to install ROS on a computer, once, following this tutorial "http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu" and then transfer(?) the files to another computer and compile them.
Reason for doing this is I don't have unlimited internet nor great download speeds and neither a stable connection.
So, is there a way to transfer Ros from one computer to another, offline?

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[..] then transfer(?) the files to another computer and compile them.

"compile them"? The installation guide you link to installs binaries from .debs. Nothing gets compiled.

Can you clarify?

gvdhoorn ( 2019-02-26 07:38:30 -0500 )edit

Fairly new here so I don't know how binaries work. "Compile them", basically meant install them. Through binaries, could I perform an offline installation after downloading them?

Battu007 ( 2019-02-26 07:42:36 -0500 )edit

@Battu007 why don't you just automate the whole process by writing simple bash script?

l4ncelot ( 2019-02-26 08:11:37 -0500 )edit

A bash script will just automate the process of "downloading" ros each time, which is something I don't want to do. What i'm looking for is to transfer ros from one computer to another, offline (if that is possible).

Battu007 ( 2019-02-26 08:18:47 -0500 )edit

See also #q296864 btw, of which your question is essentially a duplicate.

gvdhoorn ( 2019-02-26 08:29:25 -0500 )edit

Right, that should work for me. Thanks for helping out

Battu007 ( 2019-02-26 09:43:44 -0500 )edit

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answered 2019-02-26 08:24:15 -0500

gvdhoorn
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updated 2019-02-26 08:33:15 -0500

Through binaries, could I perform an offline installation after downloading them?

this is indeed what you'd want to do.

Copying individual files / directories is not going to be either scalable or maintainable.

The keywords here are: "download deb packages for off-line computer" or similar.

Example results: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?.

This is not ROS specific, but an approach that works for any .deb based software distribution (please also note that I'm not endorsing or recommending any of the tools that are mentioned in the linked AskUbuntu Q&A).

An alternative could be to create an actual apt mirror on one of your machines that does have internet. If you have a network setup between your PCs, you could use the local mirror as an apt source which would allow your other computers to install the same packages without downloading them from packages.ros.org again.

Edit: a proper solution would apparently be to use apt-offline for this. I've never used that myself though, so I can't comment on its usability.