dockerized environment for ROS tutorials

fork this repo and clone it to your local machine

navigate to the turtlesim directory

run .docker/build_image.sh to build the docker image or .docker/build_image_zsh.sh to build the docker image if you are using zsh

run .docker/run_user.sh to run the docker container or .docker/run_user_nvidia.sh if you have an nvidia gpu and have installed the nvidia docker package

This will mount the users home directory to the container and run the container in interactive mode. You will not own the workspace run sudo chown -R $USER /dev_ws to take ownership of the workspace.

terminator is installed in the container and can be run with terminator.

Add the following to your .bashrc (located in home/$USER) to automatically source the ROS environment when opening a new shell in the container.

if [ -f "/dev_ws/setup.bash" ]; then
    source /dev_ws/setup.bash
fi

or if you are using zsh to your .zshrc

if [ -f "/dev_ws/setup.zsh" ]; then
    source /dev_ws/setup.zsh
fi

requires the following vscode extensions to be installed

• docker
• remote development

devcontainer.json is included in the .docker directory of this repo.

In vs code go to the Docker tab in the side bar. Right click on the container named turtlesim:latest. Select attach vscode.

In vs code open the command palette (Ctrl-Shift-P). Select Remote-containers: Open attached container configuration file. Copy paste content of devcontainer.json and save. Close the vscode window and reattach.