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Installing ROS1 Noetic on Ubuntu 22.04

The process is pretty similar to the standard installation from source except for some fixes that you will have to make during the installation. I will keep the same header so you can keep a track on both guide at the same time (follow the official website for more explication, I will only write the steps to make).

1 - Prerequisites

1.1 - Installing bootstrap dependencies

To install bootstrap dependencies

sudo apt-get install python3-rosdep python3-rosinstall-generator python3-vcstools python3-vcstool build-essential

1.X - Changing rosdep repository adress

The first problem that you will encounter while following the official guide is the lacking of some packages on the apt. In order to resolve this problem, do these steps:

  1. Init rosdep: sudo rosdep init
  2. Modify /etc/ros/rosdep/sources.list.d/20-default.list as following:
# os-specific listings first
yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/osx-homebrew.yaml osx

# generic
yaml <enter base.yaml address>
yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/python.yaml
yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/rosdep/ruby.yaml
gbpdistro https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/releases/fuerte.yaml fuerte

# newer distributions (Groovy, Hydro, ...) must not be listed anymore, they are being fetched from the rosdistro index.yaml instead
  1. Go to this gist and click Raw. Replace <enter base.yaml address> in the file by the address of the raw file.
  2. Save the file (require sudo rights).

1.Y - HDDTemp can't be found

It can happens that the package hddtemp can't be found with an error message similar to this:

diagnostic_common_diagnostics: [hddtemp] defined as "not available" for OS version [*]

For Ubuntu 22.04, it is possible to install it thanks to an online archive. The solution I found was on this StackOverflow post. What you have to do is:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:malcscott/ppa
sudo apt update 
sudo apt install hddtemp

1.2 - Initializing rosdep

rosdep update

2 - Installation

2.1 - Create a catkin Workspace

Place yourself in the working folder of your choice. Create a ROS Workspace:

mkdir ./noetic_ws
cd ./noetic_ws

Downloading ROS1 source code.

rosinstall_generator desktop --rosdistro noetic --deps --tar > noetic-desktop.rosinstall
mkdir ./src
vcs import --input noetic-desktop.rosinstall ./src

2.1.1 - Resolving Dependencies

Install all the dependencies with rosdep:

rosdep install --from-paths ./src --ignore-packages-from-source --rosdistro noetic -y

If you are on another distro than classical Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu (e.g. Manjaro, Mint, ...), add --os=ubuntu:jammy at the end of the precendent command:

2.1.2 - Building the catkin Workspace

2.1.2.A Building from the source

Let's build the sources. Run the following commands.

./src/catkin/bin/catkin_make_isolated -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

It's likely that you will have some errors while building the sources. In the next subsections, you will have the needed steps to resolve the issue.

Don't worry about the warning and notes (especially about deprecated BOOST_PRAGMA_MESSAGE ), only focus on the errors.

2.1.2.B - Fixing rosconsole error

The second error that you will likely encounter is linked to rosconsole and log4cxx. It means that you are likely to have log4cxx 11 or 12. To fix that you need to follow the changes suggested on this PR and especially this commit. Here is a quick summary of what to do:

  • Open src/rosconsole/src/rosconsole/impl/rosconsole_log4cxx.cpp and replace its content by this version of the file
  • Same thing with src/rosconsole/test/thread_test.cpp with this version
  • Same thing with src/rosconsole/test/utest.cpp with this version
2.1.2.C - Fixing std::share_mutex error

The third error that you will likely encounter is a C++ compilation version. It's a problem where the packages wants to be compiled with C++11 and use objects from C++17.

The solution that I found was to change in every CMakeLists.txt of the packages that generate this errors the C++ version to use.

You can use this small python script to do that for you. Just place it at the root of your ROS workspace and run

python3 change_cpp.py
2.1.2.D - Installing noetic
Guide installation

If you want to install noetic in the working folder, run the installation with:

./src/catkin/bin/catkin_make_isolated --install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
Opt folder installation (require sudo privileges)

If you want to install noetic in /opt/ros/noetic you can follow these steps:

  1. Run sudo mkdir /opt/ros/noetic
  2. Run sudo ./src/catkin/bin/catkin_make_isolated --install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --install-space /opt/ros/noetic
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pk3012 commented Apr 24, 2024

SOLVED:)

Hi i am facing this error in 2.1.1 . You help solved the precious issue

ROS_DISTRO=ubuntu:jammy rosdep install --from-paths ./src --ignore-packages-from-source --rosdistro noetic -y
WARNING: given --rosdistro noetic but ROS_DISTRO is "ubuntu:jammy". Ignoring environment.
ERROR: the following packages/stacks could not have their rosdep keys resolved
to system dependencies:
diagnostic_common_diagnostics: [hddtemp] defined as "not available" for OS version [*]

earlier i tried this

rosdep install --from-paths ./src --ignore-packages-from-source --rosdistro noetic -y
ERROR: the following packages/stacks could not have their rosdep keys resolved
to system dependencies:
diagnostic_common_diagnostics: [hddtemp] defined as "not available" for OS version [*]

i still get same error

I use ubuntu22.04

Thanks in advance :)

SOLUTION: changed the base.yaml file to local directiory to fix it

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Hi i am getting the usual error when compiling on ubuntu 24.04 can you help me with it,
the version of log4cxx is 1.1.0-1build3: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x, below i am adding the error text
/usr/include/log4cxx/spi/location/locationinfo.h:79:17: note: candidate expects 4 arguments, 3 provided
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/rosconsole_log4cxx.dir/build.make:76: CMakeFiles/rosconsole_log4cxx.dir/src/rosconsole/impl/rosconsole_log4cxx.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:368: CMakeFiles/rosconsole_log4cxx.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2
<== Failed to process package 'rosconsole':
Command '['/home/robo/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/env.sh', 'make', '-j4', '-l4']' returned non-zero exit status 2.

Reproduce this error by running:
==> cd /home/robo/ros_catkin_ws/build_isolated/rosconsole && /home/robo/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/env.sh make -j4 -l4

Command failed, exiting.

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pk3012 commented Jun 1, 2024

HI i successfully install ROS Noetic on Ubuntu22.04 but then i tried
sudo apt install ros-noetic-geodesy ros-noetic-pcl-ros ros-noetic-nmea-msgs ros-noetic-libg2o

i get errors
E: Unable to locate package ros-noetic-geodesy
E: Unable to locate package ros-noetic-pcl-ros
E: Unable to locate package ros-noetic-nmea-msgs
E: Unable to locate package ros-noetic-libg2o

i need to buid a noetic package
TIA

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