Player 2.1.2 Stage 2.1.1 installation guide

We installed Player/Stage today.

The version of Ubuntu in which we did this is 9.04. Following are the steps we took
for the installation:

1. Check for all of the available updates and install them.

2. Install all the packages included in this wiki:
http://www.control.aau.dk/~tb/wiki/index.php/Installing_Player_and_Stage_in_Ubuntu

3. With the installation cd inside go to the synaptic package manager and then to settings/repositories. Activate the option that says “Cdrom with Ubuntu 9.04”. Then go to the Third Party Software tab and activate all of the options available.
Finally, go to the Updates tab and activate the “Proposed updates” option. Reload the synaptic.

4. Download from http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/ the 2.1.2 version of Player and the 2.1.1 version of Stage.

5. Unpack Player-2.1.2.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf player-2.1.2.tar.gz

6. When configuring player including all of the default drivers, we got several errors related to the vec2map driver. That is why we disabled it as follows. Inside the directory in which you unpacked this file type:

$ ./configure –disable-vec2map

7. After this type

$ make
$ sudo make install

At this point Player should have successfully been installed. The following step is to install Stage.

8. Unpack Stage-2.1.1-tar.gz

$ tar xzvf stage-2.1.1-tar.gz

9. Then type:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

10. The rgb.txt file was omitted in this version of Ubuntu. Therefore, you must create this file in the corresponding directory. Go to the following directory:

$ cd usr/X11R6

And then create a new directory as follows:

$ sudo mkdir lib/X11

Inside this directory create a file named rgb.txt with the content included in this link

http://osdir.com/ml/science.robotics.playerstage.cvs/2008-01/msg00023.html

11. After completing this step you must make a dynamic link in order for the libraries to be loaded successfully. You can do this also by modifying the .bashrc file. We however found this option a lot easier and faster.

$ sudo ldconfig

12. Finally test the correct installation of both player and stage:

$ player usr/local/share/stage/worlds/simple.cfg

Have a nice day!

Junta del 7 de Agosto de 2009

Asistentes: Carlos G., Arturo, Laura, Oscar, Jorge.

1. Platicamos sobre necesidad de aprender C++ lo antes posible. Van a sacar libros introductorios.
2. La comunicación con los robots será por el momento por cable serial o con una computadora en el robot que se comunica con otro computadora para dar mayor autonomía.
3. Empezamos con las juntas el miércoles 12 de Agosto a las 9.30 am en el laboratorio.
   

Returning to CEM

Hi all,

Thank you for your posts and for your work in the project during these days.

We still do not know how are we going to manage work in this project as the suggestions are not to motivate people to work close together.

We are discussing this issue and when we have more news, will let you know.

Regards,

Junta con Renato 17-abr-09

En Español para que quede clara la evaluación del martes 21 de Abril.

Decidimos que cada uno de nosotros generará evaluaciones para el avance del equipo y para el avance de cada uno de los integrantes.

Las evaluaciones contendrán lo siguiente:

1. Puntos favorables (ventajas).
2. Puntos negativos (desventajas).
3. Conclusiones hasta la primera evaluación.
4. Recomendaciones acciones a tomar.

Cada uno de los integrantes deberá de realizar una presentación de lo que ha aprendido/realizado hasta el día de la evaluación. Además, deberá de generar un pequeño documento con un resumen "ejecutivo" en donde se describa lo que sabe.

La idea de la evaluación es conocer el avance de cada uno de los integrantes en las tareas asignadas.

Cualquier duda por favor pregúntenme a mi o a Renato.

Holy Week

We do not have access to Tec to work on Holy Week.

During this holiday, please concentrate on finishing all task related to player/stage, so we can return to Tec to finish with the work using the robots.

Renato has offered to be in touch. You can contact him using this blog (which e-mails him) or you can ask him for his skype account.

Please remember that the first revision is the week returning to Tec.

Have a great holiday and we'll be in touch through this blog.

Change of e-mail address

After this post I will be changing the e-mails that receive information about this blog to the distribution list: roboticamovil.cem@itesm.mx (except from Renato's).

If you want to contact any mamber of the group you can e-mail this list, which uses e-mail accounts at the Tec server (@itesm.mx).

If you do not receive blog posting anymore, please let me know.

Blog and meeting

Hi all,

Sorry about tuesday, I sent a message to several lists about me having a splinter in my eye and not coming to Tec.

However, today I received a message from Germany asking me about how you are doing with the player/stage. Unfortunately I couldn't reply as I missed the weekly meeting and you are not blogging you progress, as it was requested.

Please, even if I do not see you, you must blog your progress in this blog. It doesn't matter if it is something very brief, but we need to know how you are progressing.

I see all of you on tuesday at the lab.

Como publicar en el blog desde su correo electrónico

Si necesitan mandar mejor un correo electrónico al blog porque tienen prisa y no pueden entrar, hagan lo siguiente:

1. Vayan a la opción de Settings.
2. Seleccionen e-mail.
3. Donde dice "e-mail posting address" agreguen una palabra al lado de su usuario de blogger. Por ejemplo si su usuario es jorge@blogger.com agreguen la palabra que quieran en el espacio, por ejemplo jorge.secondlife@blogger.com, esta será la dirección a la que pueden enviar sus correos electrónicos y apareceran en el blog.
   
4. Activen la primera opción: "publish emails inmediately"
5. Graben la información.
6. Ya pueden mandar sus correos electrónicos.

Se agregan integrantes

Se agregan 4 integrantes del proyecto al blog: Arturo, Carlos G., Carlos L. y Luis (no ha respondido nada Laura).

Se agregan sus cuentas para que les lleguen los mensajes del blog.

De acuerdo con lo platicado con Renato hoy, este va a ser el medio oficial de comunicación y documentación del trabajo en el proyecto.

Todo lo que se suba de documentación tiene que estar en Inglés para que lo puedan leer en Alemania.