MRPT in GNU/Linux repositories

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joseluisblancoc/mrpt
# Or this one for Ubuntu 16.04
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joseluisblancoc/mrpt-unstable-xenial 

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libmrpt-dev mrpt-apps

PPA status.
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joseluisblancoc/mrpt-stable
# Or this one for Ubuntu 16.04
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:joseluisblancoc/mrpt-stable-xenial 

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libmrpt-dev mrpt-apps

PPA status.
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List of GNU/Linux distributions which currently allow installing MRPT directly from their normal software repositories. If your OS is not in the list, download the source code and follow the compiling instructions.

Check out the latest stable version of MRPT and that available on your OS repository, since it may be quite outdated and you would prefer to download and build from sources.

[accordion] [spoiler open=”yes” title=”Debian” style=”2″] Supported versions: ”etch”, ”lenny” and more recent. (i386, amd64, sparc, etc…)

Installation: You must add the software channel ”sid (unstable)” and update the packages. Then, install the package ”mrpt-apps” (and ”libmrpt-dev” if you want to program with MRPT) with ”synaptics” or from the command line:

su -c 'apt-get install mrpt-apps libmrpt-dev'

Browse MRPT packages: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mrpt

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Supported versions: Since Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04

Installation: Install the package ”mrpt-apps” (and libmrpt-dev if you want to program with MRPT) with ”synaptics” or from the command line:

 sudo apt-get install mrpt-apps libmrpt-dev

Browse MRPT packages: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+search?text=mrpt
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Installation: Install the packages ”mrpt-apps” (and mrpt-devel if you want to program with MRPT) with ”System->Administration->Add/Remove Software” or from the command line:

 su -c 'yum install mrpt-apps mrpt-devel'

Browse MRPT packages: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/mrpt-apps

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Now you are ready to both use MRPT programs and to create new programs using the MRPT libraries (if you installed the development package ”libmrpt-dev” or ”mrpt-devel”). For further instructions, follow to this tutorial.