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The default version of Gazebo will always remain 7 for ROS Kinetic, as per REP-3.

If you want to install a different version of Gazebo, you may follow the Which combination of ROS/Gazebo versions to use tutorial on the gazebosim.org site (it's a bit hidden, but the procedure is basically: 1) add packages.osrfoundation.org repository, 2) install ros-kinetic-gazebo9-ros-pkgs).

I'm not sure the OSRF repository already contains packages for Gazebo 9 though.

Note that you may run into issues with packages that expect/require Gazebo 7 (ie: Kinetics default version).


An alternative could be to use one of the available docker images.

The default version of Gazebo will always remain 7 for ROS Kinetic, as per REP-3.

If you want to install a different version of Gazebo, you may follow the Which combination of ROS/Gazebo versions to use tutorial on the gazebosim.org site (it's site. It's a bit hidden, but the procedure is basically: 1) basically:

  1. add packages.osrfoundation.org repository, 2) repository
  2. install ros-kinetic-gazebo9-ros-pkgs).

I'm not sure the OSRF repository already contains packages for Gazebo 9 though.

Note that you may run into issues with packages that expect/require Gazebo 7 (ie: Kinetics default version).


An alternative could be to use one of the available docker images.

Update 2018-02-15: packages for Gazebo 9 are now available (discourse announcement).


The default version of Gazebo will always remain 7 for ROS Kinetic, as per REP-3.

If you want to install a different version of Gazebo, you may follow the Which combination of ROS/Gazebo versions to use tutorial on the gazebosim.org site. It's a bit hidden, but the procedure is basically:

  1. add packages.osrfoundation.org repository
  2. install ros-kinetic-gazebo9-ros-pkgs

I'm not sure the OSRF repository already contains packages for Gazebo 9 though.

Note that you may run into issues with packages that expect/require Gazebo 7 (ie: Kinetics default version).


An alternative could be to use one of the available docker images.