PX4

• Prerequisites
• Installation
  • Download PX4 Source Code
  • Run the install script
  • Install PX4 Dependencies
  • Build PX4
    • Add PX4 to your path

These instructions are derived from the Official Installation Guide.

Prerequisites

You must be running Ubuntu 20.04.

Installation

Download PX4 Source Code

cd ~
git clone -b v1.13.3  https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot.git
cd PX4-Autopilot
git submodule update --init --recursive

Run the install script

bash ./Tools/setup/ubuntu.sh  --no-sim-tools --no-nuttx

Install PX4 Dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libeigen3-dev libopencv-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev

Build PX4

DONT_RUN=1 make px4_sitl gazebo

Add PX4 to your path

Update your ~/.bashrc to add PX4 to your path. You can do this by running the following commands.

echo 'source ~/PX4-Autopilot/Tools/setup_gazebo.bash ~/PX4-Autopilot ~/PX4-Autopilot/build/px4_sitl_default' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH:~/PX4-Autopilot' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH:~/PX4-Autopilot/Tools/sitl_gazebo' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH=$GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gazebo-11/plugins' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc