✅ ROS 2 Jazzy Setup on Ubuntu
Follow these steps to install ROS 2 Jazzy on your Ubuntu system.
1. Set Locale (UTF-8)
Make sure your system supports UTF-8:
locale # Check current locale
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y locales
sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
sudo update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
locale # Verify updated locale
2. Enable Required Repositories
Enable the universe repo:
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
3. Add ROS 2 GPG Key & Repository
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y curl
# Download and save ROS GPG key
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
# Add the ROS 2 repository
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.ros.org/ros2/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo $UBUNTU_CODENAME) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros2.list > /dev/null
4. Install Development Tools (Optional)
For building ROS packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y ros-dev-tools
5. Install ROS 2
Update your system and install:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
Choose one of the following:
Desktop Install (Recommended):
sudo apt install -y ros-jazzy-desktop
ROS-Base Install (No GUI):
sudo apt install -y ros-jazzy-ros-base
6. Setup ROS 2 Environment
Add this line to your ~/.bashrc:
source /opt/ros/jazzy/setup.bash
Then, reload your terminal:
source ~/.bashrc
That’s it! 🚀 You’re ready to start using ROS 2 Jazzy..
All the best fro team Erabot labs!