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ROS2 Humble

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ROS2 Humble Installation

How to install Ubuntu Linux - Jammy Jellyfish (22.04)

  • Set locale
locale  # check for UTF-8
sudo apt update && sudo apt install 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 settings
  • Setup sources
    • To add the ROS 2 apt repository, ensure the Ubuntu Universe repository is enabled
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository universe
  • Add ROS2 GPG key with apt
sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
  • Update to new GPG key
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
  • Add the repository to your sources list
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
  • Update apt repository caches and make sure Ubuntu system is up to date before installing ROS2 packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
  • Install ROS2 packages
    • Desktop Install (Recommended): ROS, RViz, demos, tutorials (~40 min. install)
sudo apt install ros-humble-desktop
  • Install development tools: Compilers and other tools to build ROS packages
sudo apt install ros-dev-tools
# Replace ".bash" with your shell if you're not using bash
# Possible values are: setup.bash, setup.sh, setup.zsh
source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash
  • Verify ROS2 is installed
ros2

Troubleshooting

9/5/25

GPG Key Error

If you have previously installed Humble, you may get an error when running sudo apt update

  • If you get the following error : An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error, see Update GPG Key

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