Build Dave Environment

Now that you've set up your development environment and obtained the source code, you can build the project by running:

cd ~/uuv_ws
catkin_make

When the build is finished, source your new setup.bash:

source ~/uuv_ws/devel/setup.bash

Optionally, you may wish to add source ~/uuv_ws/devel/setup.bash to your .bashrc file.

Experimental

An alternative to catkin_make is to use the newer catkin build:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-catkin-tools

# Optionally, you can configure to install the packages
catkin config --install

# Build
catkin build

# Source devel/setup.bash or install/setup.bash depending on whether you used the installation option

This is experimentally supported until all the CMake dependencies and installations in our packages have been tested.

Test your Installation

Test that the installation is working by running one of the Dave demos

roslaunch dave_demo_launch dave_demo.launch

If the simulator does not close promptly with Ctrl-C, you can use the command pkill gzclient && pkill gzserver in another terminal window to force immediate shutdown.

More details are discussed at uuv_simulator_reference.

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