McMaster Mars Rover

Quick Start (ROS already installed)

1. Clone this repo to your desired location

git clone https://github.com/MacRover/Rover.git

2. Install required system dependencies

cd ROS_WS
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y

3. Build the ROS environment

catkin_make

Windows Install (Windows 11)

1. Set up WSL 2 on Windows

• Here's the official how-to guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
• Recommended distro is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Detailed installation instructions and video walkthrough can be found here

2. Clone this Rover repo to your Ubuntu WSL distro

• In the terminal on Ubuntu, type:

  git clone https://github.com/MacRover/Rover.git

• You can clone it to wherever you want in your Linux install, just make sure you know where it is.

• After cloning, cd into the repo

  cd Rover

3. Install ROS

• Check out the ROS installation instructions on the ROS wiki.
• If you followed the detailed instructions link in step 1, you have already completed this step.
• Please make sure to install and configure rosdep

4. Install required system dependencies

• Inside the git repo (where you should already be), type:

  cd ROS_WS
  rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y

5. Build the ROS environment

• Inside ROS_WS, type:

  catkin_make

5. VSCode Integration (optional but useful)

• Download and install VSCode

• Download and install the Remote Development Extension Pack

• Open the Remote Explorer pane. Select WSL Targets in the dropdown and open this repo.

• If you open the latter (/Rover/ROS_WS), you are in the catkin workspace. This means the VSCode ROS extension will automatically detect your version.

  

Native Linux install

Check out the ROS installation instructions on the ROS wiki. It is highly recommended you install ROS on Ubuntu 18.04.