machine_config

Package to initialize and maintain new computers for running PRG code

Linux Ubuntu 12.04 Setup

Here is what you need to do to get a machine up to spec

• install ubuntu 12.04

• create an user called prg

• install git (sudo apt-get install git)

• check this repository out (cd ~; git clone https://github.com/personal-robots/machine_config.git)

• go to ~/machine_config/ubuntu-12.04

• run initialize (sudo ./initialize.sh)

• create an user for yourself

    $ sudo adduser newuser
    $ sudo /usr/sbin/visudo
  

• Give your user sudo privledges

    # User privilege specification
    root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL 
    newuser	ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
  

• Add this user to

• login as that user

• run rosdep update

• enjoy