unable to locate package problem on ubuntu 16
Hello, I am struggling to solve this problem I am having and I would appreciate it if someone could help. During the read me installation file when it says to input 'sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-desktop-full' it comes up with Unable to locate package ros-kinetic-desktop-full. I have received support with this problem and have failed to find a solution. this is restricting me from continuing. Do you know why this may be happening?
Have you followed the setup instructions to configure APT to use the ros package directory?
Sequentially follow the steps given here- Installation
i have followed all steps and still get the error, as well as using the above 'APT-Sources: http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages' and i now get 'command not found.
Do not skip a single step from the installation guide. Did you run
sudo apt-get update?Yes I have. I have not skipped any steps. I also ask for help at my uni and the tech supervisor that helped also got the same error.
They think it might be an error with the version as it says Ubuntu 16.04 however that version is end of life so we are using Ubuntu 20
Your question title is misleading. Kinetic packages are not available for Ubuntu 20.04. Either install it on Ubuntu 16 via a virtualbox or install ROS Noetic on Ubuntu 20.04. Quoting their releases page-
@trunc8 You should make your comment the answer.