PCL 1.7.2: Ubuntu 14.04 Installation Guide

This guide was tested using Ubuntu 14.04.3. Original Guide: PCL This guide will setup both PCL and ROS. Estimated setup time: 20 min.

Step 01: Install PCL 1.7.2

sudo apt-apt-repository ppa:v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install libpcl-all 

Step 02: Install ROS (Jade Turtle)

Setup keys and install ros package

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-key 0xB01FA116 
sudo apt-get install ros-jade-desktop-full 

Initialize rosdep

sudo rosdep init 
rosdep update 

Setup environment

echo "source /opt/ros/jade/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc 
source ~/.bashrc 

Get rosinstall

sudo apt-get install python-rosinstall 

Congratz!! you are now ready to use PCL 1.7.2