Installing ROS: apt install cannot find any distributions
Running Ubuntu 19.04, freshly installed.
This is the 4th time I've installed ROS this week, but the first time I hit this issue:
After adding the PPA, getting the key, and running sudo apt update
sudo apt install ros-(tab) displays:
ros-actionlib-msgs ros-pcl-msgs
ros-base ros-perception
ros-base-dev ros-perception-dev
ros-base-lisp-dev ros-perception-lisp-dev
ros-base-python-dev ros-perception-python-dev
ros-cmake-modules ros-robot
ros-core ros-robot-dev
ros-core-dev ros-robot-lisp-dev
ros-core-lisp-dev ros-robot-python-dev
ros-core-python-dev ros-robot-state-publisher
ros-core-rosbuild-dev ros-roscpp-msg
ros-desktop ros-rosgraph-msgs
ros-desktop-dev ros-sensor-msgs
ros-desktop-full ros-shape-msgs
ros-desktop-full-dev ros-simulators
ros-desktop-full-lisp-dev ros-simulators-dev
ros-desktop-full-python-dev ros-simulators-lisp-dev
ros-desktop-lisp-dev ros-simulators-python-dev
ros-desktop-python-dev ros-std-msgs
ros-diagnostic-msgs ros-std-srvs
ros-environment ros-stereo-msgs
ros-geometry-msgs ros-tf2-msgs
ros-map-msgs ros-topic-tools-srvs
ros-message-generation ros-trajectory-msgs
ros-message-runtime ros-visualization-msgs
ros-mk ros-viz
ros-move-base-msgs ros-viz-dev
ros-nav-msgs ros-viz-python-dev
ros-opencv-apps
I've not seen this happen before. Any ideas? ros-melodic nor ros-kinetic nor any other distros are there. Continuing typing and it isn't able to locate the package ros-melodic-desktop-full
Asked by ajtoth on 2020-03-01 16:37:58 UTC
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From Melodic installation page:
... ROS Melodic Morenia distribution, which is available for Ubuntu Artful (17.10), Bionic (18.04 LTS) ...
Official packages are not available for Ubuntu 19.04. If you need the combination of ROS Melodic + Ubuntu 19.04 you will need to install ROS from source code.
If you want a smooth ride, then install Ubuntu 18.04. Or if you really require 19.04 20.04 (thanks for tip @gvdhoorn) and want a smooth ride then wait a couple of months until Noetic Ninjemys is released.
Asked by Martin Peris on 2020-03-01 22:02:06 UTC
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Adding to what @Martin Peris writes here: the packages the OP shows are wiki/UpstreamPackages. Please be aware of the consequences of installing those.
if you really require 19.04 and want a smooth ride then wait a couple of months until Noetic Ninjemys is released.
@Martin Peris: Noetic will only support 20.04, not 19.04. See also ros-infrastructure/rep#202.
Asked by gvdhoorn on 2020-03-02 03:12:49 UTC
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