ROS Kinetic installation on Raspberry Pi Zero/Raspberry Pi Zero W

ros_kinetic_install_raspizero.bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential gdebi
mkdir -p ~/tmp
wget https://github.com/nomumu/Kinetic4RPiZero/releases/download/v_2017-10-15/rpi-zerow-kinetic_1.0.0-1_armhf.zip
unzip rpi-zerow-kinetic_1.0.0-1_armhf.zip
sudo gdebi rpi-zerow-kinetic_1.0.0-1_armhf.deb
sudo /opt/ros/kinetic/initialize.sh

Hi, thanks for your contribution. I've been trying to get up and running on a Zero W1.1, but have had issues with a number of packages missing/wrong version. What OS version were you running to get this working?

Hi, @HenrickRamalho, @nbelanger99,

This script is tested only on Raspberry Pi Zero W 1.1 with Raspbian Stretch.

• 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch
• 2018-04-19-raspbian-stretch

I tested ROS Melodic on Raspbian Buster(the current version) on Raspberry Pi Zero W 1.1/1.3 with this script: https://github.com/Tiryoh/ros_melodic_raspizero

Hi @Tiryoh, thank you very much for your help, I will make the modifications and then tell you if everything went well.

hi, I would like to install raspicam_node to the pi zero, but cloning and catkin_make gives an error on image_transport_pluging. How can I add those package?

Hi Tiryoh, I have an install error:

E: Package 'python-imaging' has no installation candidate
ERROR: the following rosdeps failed to install
apt: command [sudo -H apt-get install -y python-imaging] failed

Any idea where the install stands? Is this recoverable?

Hi Tiryoh, I have an install error:

E: Package 'python-imaging' has no installation candidate
ERROR: the following rosdeps failed to install
apt: command [sudo -H apt-get install -y python-imaging] failed

Any idea where the install stands? Is this recoverable?

@amcleodUNH I ran into this issue as well. My install failed at the last step
sudo /opt/ros/kinetic/initialize.sh
with the same python-imaging error.

In case anyone else runs into this, I fixed it by updating my installed OS in /opt/ros/kinetic/initialize.sh. For me, I was running Raspbian 10 (Buster) so I updated:
...--os=debian:jessie...
to
...--os=debian:buster...

and it worked. Thanks @Tiryoh, I had absolutely no issues otherwise.

I did everything stated above including updating installed OS (@martinkburns) and then i also updated rosdep. but i get this error when i start roscore:
process[rosout-1]: started with pid [1218]
[rosout-1] process has died [pid 1218, exit code 127, cmd /opt/ros/kinetic/lib/r osout/rosout __name:=rosout __log:=/home/pi/.ros/log/8d007224-8db1-11eb-9a00-b82 7ebcbc04a/rosout-1.log].
log file: /home/pi/.ros/log/8d007224-8db1-11eb-9a00-b827ebcbc04a/rosout-1*.log
^C[rosout-1] restarting process
I have a Raspberry PI 0W with Raspbian Lite.