Install Gazebo using Ubuntu packages

This tutorial covers the installation of Gazebo packages using the the osrfoundation.org repository, designed for those who want to follow the faster development path but still a stable one.

Gazebo is also released as an Ubuntu official package: (check which version is available for every distribution. If you are a ROS user, please read the tutorial about ROS/Gazebo installation.

Default installation: one-liner

1. Install

   curl -sSL http://get.gazebosim.org | sh
   

2. Run

   gazebo
   

Alternative installation: step-by-step

1. Setup your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org.

   sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list'
   

   You can check to see if the file was written correctly. For example, in Ubuntu Xenial, you can type:

   $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list
   deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable xenial main
   

2. Setup keys

   wget https://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Install Gazebo.

   First update the debian database:

   sudo apt-get update
   

   Hint: make sure the apt-get update process ends without any errors, the console output ends in Done similar to below:

   $ sudo apt-get update
   ...
   Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net xenial/main Translation-en
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial/main Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial/multiverse Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial/restricted Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com xenial/universe Translation-en_US
   Reading package lists... Done
   

   Next install gazebo-9 by:

   sudo apt-get install gazebo9
   # For developers that work on top of Gazebo, one extra package
   sudo apt-get install libgazebo9-dev
   

   If you see the error below:

   $ sudo apt-get install gazebo9
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree
   Reading state information... Done
   E: Unable to locate package gazebo9
   

   It's possible the version of Gazebo you are looking for is not supported on the version of OS you are using. For example, installing gazebo9 on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) will produce the error above. Hint: Take a look at "Project Status" section at http://gazebosim.org/#status, next to each version is the supported ubuntu versions and ROS versions.

4. Check your installation

   Note The first time gazebo is executed requires the download of some models and it could take some time, please be patient.

   gazebo