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 Bionic (18.04), you can type:

   cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list
   

   And if everything is correct, you should see:

   deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable bionic 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 bionic/main Translation-en
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com bionic/main Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com bionic/multiverse Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com bionic/restricted Translation-en_US
   Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com bionic/universe Translation-en_US
   Reading package lists... Done
   

   Next install gazebo-11 by:

   sudo apt-get install gazebo11
   # For developers that work on top of Gazebo, one extra package
   sudo apt-get install libgazebo11-dev
   

4. Check your installation

   gazebo