How To Install morse-simulator on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install morse-simulator on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is morse-simulator
morse-simulator is:
List of morse features:
- Versatile simulator for generic mobile robots simulation (single or multi robots),
- Realistic and dynamic environments (interaction with other agents like humans or objects),
- Based on well known and widely adopted open source projects (Blender for 3D rendering + UI, Bullet for physics simulation, dedicated robotic middlewares for communications + robot hardware support),
- Seamless workflow: since the simulator rely on Blender for both modeling and the real time 3D engine, creating and modifying a simulated scene is straightforward.
- Entirely scriptable in Python,
- Adaptable to various level of simulation realism (for instance the simulation of exteroceptive sensors like cameras or a direct access to higher level representations of the world, like labeled artifacts),
- Currently compatible with ROS, YARP and the LAAS OpenRobots robotics frameworks,
- Easy to integrate to other environments via a simple socket interface,
- Fully open source, BSD license.
There are three methods to install morse-simulator on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install morse-simulator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install morse-simulator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install morse-simulator
Install morse-simulator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install morse-simulator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install morse-simulator
Install morse-simulator Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install morse-simulator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install morse-simulator
How To Uninstall morse-simulator on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the morse-simulator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove morse-simulator
Uninstall morse-simulator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall morse-simulator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove morse-simulator
Remove morse-simulator Configurations and Data
To remove morse-simulator configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge morse-simulator
Remove morse-simulator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove morse-simulator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge morse-simulator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install morse-simulator package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
