You can find these installation instructions here.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full
echo "source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
sudo apt install python-rosdep python-rosinstall python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool build-essential
sudo apt install python-rosdep
sudo rosdep init
rosdep update
In home directory:
cd ~
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot.git
cd ardupilot
git checkout Copter-3.6
git submodule update --init --recursive
sudo apt install python-matplotlib python-serial python-wxgtk3.0 python-wxtools python-lxml python-scipy python-opencv ccache gawk python-pip python-pexpect
sudo pip install future pymavlink MAVProxy
Open ~/.bashrc
for editing:
gedit ~/.bashrc
Add these lines to end of ~/.bashrc
(the file open in the text editor):
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ardupilot/Tools/autotest
export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH
Save and close the text editor.
Reload ~/.bashrc
:
. ~/.bashrc
Run SITL (Software In The Loop) once to set params:
cd ~/ardupilot/ArduCopter
sim_vehicle.py -w
Setup your computer to accept software from http://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'
Setup keys:
wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
Reload software list:
sudo apt update
Install Gazebo:
sudo apt install gazebo9 libgazebo9-dev
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/khancyr/ardupilot_gazebo.git
cd ardupilot_gazebo
git checkout dev
build and install plugin
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j4
sudo make install
echo 'source /usr/share/gazebo/setup.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
Set paths for models:
echo 'export GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH=~/ardupilot_gazebo/models' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
In one Terminal (Terminal 1), run Gazebo:
gazebo --verbose ~/ardupilot_gazebo/worlds/iris_arducopter_runway.world
In another Terminal (Terminal 2), run SITL:
cd ~/ardupilot/ArduCopter/
sim_vehicle.py -v ArduCopter -f gazebo-iris --console