Installation

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Install

These instructions are for installing only Gazebo GUI. If you're interested in using all the Gazebo libraries, not only Gazebo GUI, check out this Gazebo installation.

We recommend following the binary install instructions to get up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible.

The source install instructions should be used if you need the very latest software improvements, if you need to modify the code, or if you plan to make a contribution.

Note: If the version is 6 or downwards replace gz-gui<#> for ign-gui<#> in the command line. For more information take a look here.

Binary Install

Ubuntu

On Ubuntu, it's possible to install Gazebo GUI as follows:

Add OSRF packages:

echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys D2486D2DD83DB69272AFE98867170598AF249743
sudo apt update

Install Gazebo GUI:

sudo apt install libgz-gui<#>-dev

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.

macOS

On macOS, add OSRF packages:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap osrf/simulation

Install Gazebo GUI:

brew install gz-gui<#>

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 1 or 2, depending on which version you need.

Windows

Binary install is pending gz-rendering and gz-gui being added to conda-forge.

Source Install

Ubuntu Noble 24.04 or above

Install Prerequisites

Add OSRF packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install wget lsb-release gnupg
sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list'
wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository -s "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable $(lsb_release -c -s) main"

Clone source code:

# This checks out the default branch. You can append `-b gz-gui<#>` (replace # with a number) to checkout a specific version
git clone http://github.com/gazebosim/gz-gui

Install dependencies

sudo apt -y install $(sort -u $(find . -iname 'packages.apt') | tr '\n' ' ')

Build from source

Build and install as follows:

cd gz-gui
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j4
sudo make install

macOS

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-gui -b gz-gui<#>

   Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 7 or 8, depending on which version you need.
2. Install dependencies

   brew install --only-dependencies gz-gui<#>

   Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 7 or 8, depending on which version you need.
3. Configure and build

   cd gz-gui
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..
   make

4. Optionally, install

   sudo make install

Windows

Install Prerequisites

First, follow the gz-cmake tutorial for installing Conda, Visual Studio, CMake, etc., prerequisites, and creating a Conda environment.

Navigate to condabin if necessary to use the conda command (i.e., if Conda is not in your PATH environment variable. You can find the location of condabin in Anaconda Prompt, where conda).

Create if necessary, and activate a Conda environment:

conda create -n gz-ws
conda activate gz-ws

Install dependencies:

conda install qt --channel conda-forge

Install Gazebo dependencies, replacing <#> with the desired versions:

conda install libgz-cmake<#> libgz-common<#> libgz-math<#> libgz-transport<#> libgz-msgs<#> libgz-plugin<#> libgz-tools<#> --channel conda-forge

Before gz-rendering becomes available on conda-forge, follow its tutorial to build it from source.

Build from source

1. Activate the Conda environment created in the prerequisites:

   conda activate gz-ws

1. Navigate to where you would like to build the library, and clone the repository.

   # Optionally, append `-b gz-gui#` (replace # with a number) to check out a specific version
   git clone https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-gui.git

1. Configure and build

   cd gz-gui
   mkdir build
   cd build

   As gz-rendering is not yet available on conda-forge, we need to build it from source and specify the path containing gz-rendering<#>-config.cmake and gz-rendering<#>-ogre-config.cmake in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. That path could be gz-rendering-install-path\lib\cmake, for example.

   cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=path\containing\gz-rendering-config  # Optionally, -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=path\to\install
   cmake --build . --config Release

1. Optionally, install. You will likely need to run a terminal with admin privileges for this call to succeed.

   cmake --install . --config Release

Documentation

API documentation and tutorials can be accessed at https://gazebosim.org/libs/gui

You can also generate the documentation from a clone of this repository by following these steps.

1. You will need Doxygen. On Ubuntu Doxygen can be installed using

   sudo apt-get install doxygen

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-gui

3. Configure and build the documentation.

   cd gz-gui
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..
   make doc

4. View the documentation by running the following command from the build directory.

   firefox doxygen/html/index.html

Testing

Follow these steps to run tests and static code analysis in your clone of this repository.

1. Follow the source install instruction.
2. Run tests.

   make test

3. Static code checker.

   make codecheck

See the Writing Tests section of the contributor guide for help creating or modifying tests.