Installation information

• Version: ROS 2 Eloquent Elusor

• Takes ~10min

• Install the build tool Colcon

  sudo apt install python3-colcon-common-extensions
  

• Goal: Create a new package using either CMake or Python, and run its executable.

• Tutorial level: Beginner

• Time: 15 minutes

• Create packages

  mkdir -p dev_ws/src && cd dev_ws/src
  ros2 pkg create --build-type ament_cmake --node-name dev_cpp_node dev_cpp_pkg
  ros2 pkg create --build-type ament_python --node-name dev_py_node dev_py_pkg
  cd .. && colcon build
  # colcon build --packages-select my_package
  . install/setup.bash
  ros2 run dev_cpp_pkg dev_cpp_node
  ros2 run dev_py_pkg dev_py_node
  

• Empty templete [*]

git clone https://github.com/Kyungpyo-Kim/ROS2_Exercise.git
cd ROS2_Exercise/rviz_plugin_test/
colcon build
. install/setup.bash
ros2 run rviz2 rviz2
# Panels >> Add New Panel >> MyPlugin >> OK

• Push button []

• https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Installation/#installationguide
• https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Installation/Eloquent/Linux-Install-Debians/
• https://colcon.readthedocs.io/en/released/user/installation.html

• https://index.ros.org/doc/ros2/Tutorials/Creating-A-ROS2-Package/

• ROS Rviz tutorials: https://github.com/ros-visualization/visualization_tutorials
• ROS2 Rviz2 plugin development guide: https://github.com/ros2/rviz/blob/ros2/docs/plugin_development.md
• Rviz2 example: https://github.com/osrf/rviz_aerial_plugins