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Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

Here is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

Here is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

Here is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

Here is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

References: - References:

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of
     [gazebo] for OS version [wily]
  

  [wily]

  • The Official chroot guide

  Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

Here is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

You will need to install schroot and debootstrap:

sudo apt-get install debootstrap schroot

Then, following the steps provided by the official guide, we need to edit a config file for the chroot:

sudo gedit /etc/schroot/chroot.d/indigo_trusty.conf

with this content:

[indigo_trusty]
description=Ubuntu 15.10 and ROS Indigo
directory=/srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
root-groups=root
type=directory
users=**YOUR_USERNAME**
personality=linux
preserve-environment=false

Then we need to create the directory and setup the chroot in it.

sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch=amd64 trusty /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

You should be able to see the chroot lisited in the output of:

schroot -l

Next, switch to the chroot and install sudo vim and git.

sudo schroot -c indigo_trusty
apt-get install sudo vim git

Exit, enter as a normal user and set the locale.

exit
schroot -c indigo_trusty
sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Then just follow from step 4 to 6 of the official chroot page.

Hope it helps.

References:

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

HereHow to install Ros Indigo on Ubuntu 15.10 from sources in a Chroot? is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

You will need to install schroot and debootstrap:

sudo apt-get install debootstrap schroot

Then, following the steps provided by the official guide, we need to edit a config file for the chroot:

sudo gedit /etc/schroot/chroot.d/indigo_trusty.conf

with this content:

[indigo_trusty]
description=Ubuntu 15.10 and ROS Indigo
directory=/srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
root-groups=root
type=directory
users=**YOUR_USERNAME**
personality=linux
preserve-environment=false

Then we need to create the directory and setup the chroot in it.

sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch=amd64 trusty /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

You should be able to see the chroot lisited in the output of:

schroot -l

Next, switch to the chroot and install sudo vim and git.

sudo schroot -c indigo_trusty
apt-get install sudo vim git

Exit, enter as a normal user and set the locale.

exit
schroot -c indigo_trusty
sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Then just follow from step 4 to 6 of the official chroot page.

Hope it helps.

References:

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

How to install Ros Indigo on Ubuntu 15.10 from sources in a Chroot? is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

You will need to install schroot and debootstrap:

sudo apt-get install debootstrap schroot

sudo gedit /etc/schroot/chroot.d/indigo_trusty.conf

[indigo_trusty]
description=Ubuntu 15.10 and ROS Indigo
directory=/srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
root-groups=root
type=directory
users=**YOUR_USERNAME**
personality=linux
preserve-environment=false

sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty
sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch=amd64 trusty /srv/chroot/indigo_trusty http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

schroot -l

sudo schroot -c indigo_trusty
apt-get install sudo vim git

exit
schroot -c indigo_trusty
sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Hope it helps.helps. Gepp

References:

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!

Yes it is possible to install Ros in Ubuntu 15.10. As @jarvisschultz pointed out, Indigo is not officially supported on Ubuntu Wily. Unresolvable dependencies are exactly the kind of issue you could run into. You could attempt to install a full stack from-source by using a chroot.

How to install Ros Indigo on Ubuntu 15.10 from sources in a Chroot? is how to do it, I've tested it and it works.

You will need to install schroot and debootstrap: to prevent damages. Just isolate ROS from the rest of your computer, by putting it in a chroot jail.

Hope it helps. Gepp

References:

• The official guide for installation from source which will fail during the Resolving Dependencies step. The rosdep tools returns several errors such as:

  gazebo_plugins: No definition of [gazebo] for OS version [wily]

• The Official chroot guide

Hope it helps!