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Can't install Melodic on Ubuntu 18.04

asked 2022-02-22 13:07:52 -0500

kozinovsky gravatar image

Hello everyone!

I'am trying to install ROS melodic on ubuntu 18.04 by the following installation guide Installation guide

But have a problem on the step #1.4 when I type the command:

sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full

I am getting an error message (sorry, can't upload files yet)

kozinovsky@kozinovsky-GT70:~/Desktop$ sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop
[sudo] password for kozinovsky:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ros-melodic-desktop

The similar problem I saw on the forum is this: Similar problem

Based on suggestions of this question, here is my output for cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list

kozinovsky@kozinovsky-GT70:~/Desktop$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list
deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu bionic main

Also here is the output for uname --all:

kozinovsky@kozinovsky-GT70:~/Desktop$ uname --all
Linux kozinovsky-GT70 5.4.0-42-generic #46~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 07:09:27 UTC 2020 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

So, the problem itself looks like, there is no package ros-melodic-desktop-full available on the server, but I don't understand why, melodic is currently supported.

Another idea I have is, because I have x32 version of ubuntu (x686, like I can see in the output of uname --all)
And on this page melodic installation
I see in "Select Your Platform" for Ubuntu Bionic "amd64 armhf arm64"
Is this a problem?
Before reinstalling the OS I decided to ask here, what can be the issue.

Thanks everyone in advance!

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answered 2022-02-22 14:34:10 -0500

gvdhoorn gravatar image

updated 2022-02-22 14:35:05 -0500

Can't install Melodic on Ubuntu 18.04 [..] I have x32 version of ubuntu [..] Is this a problem?

Yes, that's the cause of the error you mention.

There are no x86 (32 bit) packages of ROS Melodic on Ubuntu Bionic (ie: 18.04).

See also REP 3: Target Platforms: Architectures.

As you already found, there are only amd64 (64 bit) packages available.

You'd have to install an amd64 version of Bionic to be able to install Melodic using apt.

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hello, and how to change so that there is no need to reinstall the image?

KennyDeDavion gravatar image KennyDeDavion  ( 2022-09-13 04:59:48 -0500 )edit

Hi! Unfortunately, you can't change it, you need to redo the imaging with the right image (amd64 in this case)

kozinovsky gravatar image kozinovsky  ( 2022-09-14 08:24:04 -0500 )edit

thank you, so if I have raspbian and ros melodic on my rpi3, is it not possible to compile with catkin without problems?

KennyDeDavion gravatar image KennyDeDavion  ( 2022-09-16 05:03:37 -0500 )edit

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