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I am trying to install ROS Melodic on Ubuntu 19.04 and having done all the appropriate preparation I am using the command:

sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full

and I get the following error:

Unable to locate package ros-melodic-desktop-full

Any thoughts about what I should do?

Teo Protoulis
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    ROS Melodic is available to up Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) only. Installing in newer releases requires compiling from source, something really not recommended for someone posting a question like this, if you know what I mean ;) –  Jul 03 '19 at 17:11
  • And what should I do if I need to run ROS ? I mean I have a university task to do. – Teo Protoulis Jul 03 '19 at 17:20
  • Either install a compatible Ubuntu release and follow the instructions as you did before or, keeping 19.04, download the ROS source code and compile according to the instructions inside. –  Jul 03 '19 at 18:57
  • Will use a VM instead but thank you very much. – Teo Protoulis Jul 03 '19 at 19:54

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Melodic is not supported on 19.04. Target platforms are listed at: https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0003.html

You can see the planned release schedule here: http://wiki.ros.org/Distributions#Release_Schedule

With the next release, noetic, planning going on here: https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rep/pull/202/files

Related: https://answers.ros.org/question/322377/unable-to-install-ros-melodic-on-ubuntu-1904/

Tully
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