Method 2: Setup UTM step-by-step

1. Download requires

• Download UTM software from Prerequisites

• Download Ubuntu20.04 iso file: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/focal/release/

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  AMD version: Intel Mac

  ARM version: Apple Silicon Mac

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2. Create new Virtual Machine:

In the UTM software:

• Create a new image and choose Virtualize option.

• Select the ISO image you have downloaded in the Boot ISO Image field.

• Leave all hardware settings at default (including hardware acceleration disabled).

• Leave all the remaining parameters as default.

• During the first launch of the VM, install Ubuntu and choose a username for your account. In this example, the username is bristol_fsai , password is fsai123

  1. Install Ubuntu Server
  2. Keep waiting if displaying “display output is not active”
  3. Leave every setting at default
  4. Profile Setup needs to be filled
     • Please remember(take a photo) your username and password !!! You will need it later

  

• Once Ubuntu is installed, close the VM, remove the iso image from the CD/DVD field and restart the VM.

  • Do remember remove the iso image, otherwise you will get into a dead loop.

3. Set up the ROS env inside VM

Open the VM:

1. Login with your username and password

2. Download GUI

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

1. reboot

   sudo reboot

2. login to your account

   • Do not update anything !!!

   1. Open terminal

   2. Follow the guide below to install ROS2 env

      Ubuntu (Debian) — ROS 2 Documentation: Galactic documentation

      Ubuntu (Debian) — ROS 2 Documentation: Foxy documentation

      Trouble Shooting:

      • Disable the cdrom if you cannot do sudo apt update

        sudo sed -e '/cdrom/s/^/#/' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

        sudo apt update

      Advises:

      • Install the ROS2 desktop

        sudo apt install ros-galactic-desktop

      • Set up your environment by sourcing the following file. source /opt/ros/galactic/setup.bash

      • Add the command above to ~/.bashrc , so that you do not need to source the setup.bash every time when you open a new terminal

        echo "source /opt/ros/galactic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

        source ~/.bashrc

Open terminal: