What is the recommended ROS distribution to use in 2019?
This is the first time I'm doing something with ROS, so excuse my lack of knowledge.
Paragraph "5. Which distribution to use" at the distribution page has been last updated almost 2 years ago so I am wondering which ROS distribution is the preferred one. I know Melodic Morenia is the last ROS distribution, I tried installing that on Ubuntu 18.04 but I couldn't do sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full
because it can't find install all packages. Because of this I have to use a shadowrepository, says the tutorial. This made me doubt the stability of ROS distribution Melodic Morenia. I need the full installation because I will need to use 3D simulation software (Gazebo).
I will need to use ROS nodes other people have made last year in the project I'll be doing, those ROS nodes have been made on Ubuntu 16.04 with ROS distribution Kinetic Kame. Can I use those nodes in Melodic Morenia without too much hassle?
Thanks for answering my question(s) and I hope I'm not asking something which is asked every week.
In order to avoid answering an xy-problem, please add the error message that shows
apt
not being able to installros-melodic-desktop-full
. Your problem seems to be an installation issue, and not directly tied to what the recommended version of ROS is.