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apt binary packages repository

Debian binary packages are available in the following apt repository: http://robotpkg.openrobots.org/packages/debian/pub/.

Only a few debian-like distributions are supported. If you would like to use a not yet supported distribution, feel free to drop an e-mail to robotpkg@laas.fr explaining your use case and which packages you need.

Supported distributions and architecture

At the moment, the following distributions and architectures are supported:

Setting up the apt repository

First, check your distribution "codename" with the following command:

% lsb_release -c
Codename:       xenial

Then, tell apt where to find the package summary and other administrative files, for the desired architecture, for instance with the following command:

% sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/robotpkg.list <<EOF
deb [arch=amd64] http://robotpkg.openrobots.org/packages/debian/pub xenial robotpkg
EOF

You must of course replace the codename "xenial" by you actual distribution codename!

Finally, register the robotpkg authentication key like so:

% curl http://robotpkg.openrobots.org/packages/debian/robotpkg.key |
   sudo apt-key add -

You need to run at least once apt-get update to fetch the package descriptions:

% sudo apt-get update

If you use apt-file, you must also fetch the package contents:

% sudo apt-file update

Installing packages

All robotpkg package names are prefixed by robotpkg-, so you can search for packages like so:

% apt-cache search robotpkg-

You can check the online index as well.

Individual packages can be installed by using apt-get install, aptitude or even synaptic. For instance:

% sudo apt-get install robotpkg-<PACKAGE>

Packages are always installed in the /opt/openrobots prefix, and install no files outside this prefix. To make use of installed libraries and programs, you probably need to configure your PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH, PYTHONPATH and other similar environment variables to point inside this prefix.