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, you need to modify the code, or you plan to make a contribution.
Binary Install
Ubuntu
Setup your computer to accept software from packages.osrfoundation.org:
sudo apt -y install wget lsb-release gnupg sudo 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 - | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt update
Install Ignition Rendering:
# This installs ign-rendering3. Change the number after libignition-rendering to the version you want sudo apt install libignition-rendering3-dev
Source Install
Prerequisites
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 or above
Install dependencies:
sudo apt -y install wget lsb-release gnupg
sudo 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 - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
g++-8 \
cmake \
pkg-config \
git \
libglew-dev \
libfreeimage-dev \
freeglut3-dev \
libxmu-dev \
libxi-dev \
libignition-cmake2-dev \
libignition-math6-dev \
libignition-common3-dev \
libignition-plugin-dev
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 800 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8 --slave /usr/bin/gcov gcov /usr/bin/gcov-8
Clone source code
# This checks out the `master` branch. You can append `-b ign-rendering#` (replace # with a number) to checkout a specific version git clone http://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-rendering
Supported Rendering Engines
Ignition Rendering will look for rendering libraries installed in the system and build the relevant plugins if dependencies are found.
OGRE 1.x
# this installs ogre 1.9. Alternatively, you can install 1.8 sudo apt-get install libogre-1.9-dev
OGRE 2.x (supported in Versions >= ign-rendering1)
Add OSRF packages if you have not done so already:
sudo apt -y install wget lsb-release gnupg sudo 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 - | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt update
Install OGRE 2.1 debs
sudo apt install libogre-2.1-dev
OptiX (experimental)
Download and install by following instructions on NVIDIA website
CUDA:
OptiX:
https://developer.nvidia.com/optix
Update LD_LIBRARY_PATH and add an OPTIX_INSTALL_DIR environment variables so that ign-rendering can find Optix, e.g. if you installed version 4.0.2 in HOME/optix:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${HOME}/optix/NVIDIA-OptiX-SDK-4.0.2-linux64/lib64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export OPTIX_INSTALL_DIR=${HOME}/optix/NVIDIA-OptiX-SDK-4.0.2-linux64
Note: If you encounter errors about different exception specifiers in optix math when building Ign Rendering OptiX plugin, edit [optix_install_dir]/include/optixu/optixu_math_namespace.h and comment out the section that defines fminf, fmaxf, and copysignf (for optix sdk 4.0.2, comment out lines 167-206).
Building from source
Build and install as follows:
cd ign-rendering mkdir build cd build cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir make -j4 make install
Replace /path/to/install/dir to whatever directory you want to install this package to