ROS ARM on raspberrypi

ErfanDL · January 4, 2017, 8:04pm

Hi all.
Is it possible to install ARM version of ROS on raspberry pi 3 ?

Thanks

joegoldman · January 4, 2017, 9:22pm

I dont believe it would be portable from 3011 arch to RPi3 Arch, but in any case the main problem is that the ARM build only provides .npk files, meaning you need a pre-existing routeros installed to upgrade. Only x86 provides a CD ISO - and it does so because x86 is much larger to support a range of hardware vs specific built packages where they build it only to support the hardware IN their boards (so the ARM package / code would only be specifically built for the 3011 at this stage).

Its easy to port the code over to x86 with a general linux kernel, but doing the same over for the ARM package and having to try support any USB peripherals you plug in for extra ethernet ports, USB hubs etc would be a big task for little benefit.

This is all just conjecture and an ‘educated’ guess.

ErfanDL · January 5, 2017, 7:08am

joegoldman:

I dont believe it would be portable from 3011 arch to RPi3 Arch, but in any case the main problem is that the ARM build only provides .npk files, meaning you need a pre-existing routeros installed to upgrade. Only x86 provides a CD ISO - and it does so because x86 is much larger to support a range of hardware vs specific built packages where they build it only to support the hardware IN their boards (so the ARM package / code would only be specifically built for the 3011 at this stage).

Its easy to port the code over to x86 with a general linux kernel, but doing the same over for the ARM package and having to try support any USB peripherals you plug in for extra ethernet ports, USB hubs etc would be a big task for little benefit.

This is all just conjecture and an ‘educated’ guess.

thanks for reply