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Ubuntu

Philosophy

The goal of the Ubuntu project is to provide a free computer environment, centered on a Linux distribution and complemented by online services.

Releases

The core of the Ubuntu distribution contains a Gnome-based desktop environment which is tightly integrated to the system, in particular providing a GUI for hardware management and system administration. The supported core also includes other desktop environments such as KDE, although their integration is managed by side projects such as Kubuntu.

Ubuntu includes a small amount of non-free software such as drivers. Ubuntu offers a large amount of packages directly taken from Debian's unstable distribution, in the form of the universe repository.

There is a release of Ubuntu every six months. One in four is a long-term support (LTS) release.

Derivatives

Side projects of Ubuntu include:

  • Edubuntu: for use in teaching.
  • Kubuntu: managing the integration of KDE into Ubuntu.
  • Mythbuntu: for media centers.
  • Ubuntu Studio: for multimedia production.
  • Xubuntu: managing the integration of Xfce into Ubuntu.
  • Lubuntu: managing the integration of LXDE into Ubuntu, focusing on speed and energy efficiency.

Documentation

Common tasks

  • Install a package: apt-get install package-name
  • Apply updates: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade

Further reading

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Odroid-XU4, Ubuntu 14.04LTS

Hi Have an Ordoino-XU4 and wants to run ROS on it. Whitch UBUNTU 14.04 and ROS will be best to use on it. Thanks Originally posted by GT on ROS Answers with karma: 16 on 2017-05-20 Post score: 0
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Not able to find ros-kinetic-desktop-full

I've followed all the steps given , but cannot find the above package. Also checked all the packages but cannot find ros-kinetic. I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 Originally posted by Padam Sethia on ROS Answers with karma: 1 on 2017-03-15 Post score: 0
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ROS on win32 laptop VM - is it possible?

Hi, I have a win32 3G-RAM laptop. I installed VM for the sake of ROS. Tried ubuntu 16.04, failed to install ROS on it. (unmet dependencies) Tried ubuntu 14.04, it is impossibly slow. Tried ubuntu 13.10, again, unmet dependencies that are not…
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Install on Ubuntu 16.04 fails

Hello- I'm trying to install ros-desktop-full and have tried several times ending in the same error. There are dependency problems reported as --configure fails for several sub-components. Here is the first encountered: sudo apt-get install…
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What are the keys (in the installation guide)?

In the ROS Indigo installation, just in the initial steps, I am required to "set up my keys". And this command is suggested to be used: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0xB01FA116 What is exactly this and…
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Hash Sum mismatch while update package index(indigo/ubuntu 14.04.04)

I followed install guide(http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu) while 1.4 Installation step(sudo apt-get update), I met this error. W:Failed to fetch http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages Hash Sum…
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Having trouble installing ROS Jade

I'm following the instructions to install ROS Jade on Ubuntu. I'm able to do all the steps until "Set up your keys". For some reason, when I enter sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-key 0xB01FA116 on the command…
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ROS on Ubuntu Wily

Will the latest Ubuntu be supported any time soon? Originally posted by acajic on ROS Answers with karma: 36 on 2015-10-28 Post score: 2
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E: unable to locate package ros-indigo-desktop-full

I am getting the same error. I tried the 4 steps (http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu) and when I do : sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-desktop-full I get the error. E: unable to locate package ros-indigo-desktop-full When I check for…
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Best desktop computer option for ROS

I am planning to buy a new desktop specifically to use ROS and Turtlebot application. Is there a best option to go after. It would be nice to have a machine with Ubuntue and perhaps ROS pre-installed and a graphic card that is going to be the best…
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scan_tools runtime error undefined symbol cblas_dtrsv ubuntu 12.04.2LTS

I have downloaded the scan_tools source code from git: it did build successfully, but at runtime I get: "laser_scan_matcher_node: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgsl.so.0: undefined symbol: cblas_dtrsv". When I run ldd on the…
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ROS packpages scheduled date for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal)

Is there any scheduled date for realeasing the packpages for the new Ubuntu version? Compiling from source can be painful with some stacks/nodes such as rviz. Originally posted by Victor_ocv2 on ROS Answers with karma: 483 on 2012-10-22 Post…
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ROS and Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal working?

Hello, for testing of my previous question http://answers.ros.org/question/44632/ i wanted to test Ubuntu 12.10 and ROS. Is it yet possible to use this combination? With the installation sources sudo sh -c 'echo "deb…
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Fuerte install on Ubuntu 12.04 does not complete

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) and am in the process of installing Fuerte. I'm on my 2nd attempt and cannot get past the 89% point. The install hangs at: Get:350 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libtheora-dev amd64…
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Where can I find the Ubuntu source packaging?

It doesn't seem to be available on http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu. Originally posted by ashuang on ROS Answers with karma: 1 on 2012-02-24 Post score: 0
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