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Installation and setup

Option 1: Using the Release version (Recommended)

In Eclipse, go to Help > Install New Software.... To install the latest version of the ROS tooling, add the update site URL http://ros-model.seronet-project.de/updatesite/latest/ in the Work with section. If you wish to install an earlier version instead, go to the the update site, choose the desired version and copy its URL.

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If none package is listed, please uncheck the option Group items by category. The category ROS Model appears in the Name area. Check the box in front of ROS model and click Next to review the list of items to be installed. Click Next again to read and accept the terms of the license agreements and afterwards click Finish. Eclipse will then start to install the ROS tooling and its dependencies. If you get a security warning about the authenticity, click OK. Finally, when asked, restart Eclipse to complete the installation process.

To start using the ROS tooling continue with the step 1

Option 2: Using the Eclipse Installer - Source installation (ROS tooling developers)

First the java environment have to be setup, for eclipse it is recomended the installation of the version 8 (i.e. X=8) for Ubuntu 16.04 and 11 (i.e. X=11) for the 18.04:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-X-jre

Download the official Eclipse Installer for your preferred operating system. Execute the installer and choose the advanced mode (menu on the right-up corner). Select the Product Eclipse Modeling tools package, for the version it is recommended use 2018-12.

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Press Next and add a new User project pressing the green button +:

Catalog: Github Projects
Resource URIs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipa320/ros-model/master/EclipseInstaller/ROSModel.setup

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Select the the ROS Model project (under Github Projects -> ) and press next.

By default the ROS tooling installation will be saved under the folder ros-model-master in your home directory. In case your github credentials are not setup on your machine, change the Ros model Github repository to the HTTPs(read-write) option.

Follow the installation instructions of the Oompth installer dialog, after the installation eclipse will be restarted to launch the ROS tooling configuration. Finally, when all the startup tasks finished press "Workbench".

To start using the ROS tooling continue with the step 0

Setup the environment and start the eclipse application

0: Start the ROS tooling application

‼️‼️ This is only needed if you installed the toolig from source, if you installed the release version please continue directly with the step 1

select de.fraunhofer.ipa.ros.plugin and press the button Run

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1: Switch to the ROS Developer perspective

Go to Menu Window -> Perspective -> Open Perspective -> Other... -> ROS developer. Your application toolbar will be automatically configured.

2: Import the common communication objects project

import the project located under the "ROSCommonObjects" folder of this repository to the workbench of your application:

de.fraunhofer.ipa.ros.communication.objects

If you have internet a button can clone from GitHub the objects to your workspace and import them automatically:

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Now that your workspace is setup, you can start creating your project and defining your ROS system