How to Install ROS 2 on Fedora 40 – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Enabling ROS 2 Repository

   Add ROS 2 Repository for Fedora GNU/Linux

   Install ROS 2 Repo for Fedora

   ROS 2 Repository for Fedora.

3. 3. Installing ROS

   Then to Install ROS 2 on Fedora
   The available Packages are:

   • desktop
   • desktop_full
   • turtlebot3_navigation2 (only humble)
   • navigation2
   • webots_ros2
   • ros2_controllers
   • ros2_control
   • tf_transformations
   • moveit
   • moveit_visual_tools
   • realsense2_description
   • plansys2_core
   • plansys2_bringup
   • ur
   • flexbe_behavior_engine
   • usb_cam
   • image_pipeline
   • rqt_controller_manager
   • gz_ros2_control

   Install the ROS packages you need, e.g., the desktop stack (where distro is replaced by the ros2 distro version, e.g., humble or iron):

   dnf install ros-{ distro }-desktop

   The package { distro } names are exactly the same as for the official ubuntu packages.
   To query the official Repo for a Chronological Releases order:

   curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/index-v4.yaml \
    | grep 'distribution:' \
    | awk -F':' '{print $2}' \
    | awk -F'/' '{print $1}' \
    | tr -d '[' \
    | grep -Ev 'groovy|hydro|indigo|jade|kinetic|lunar|melodic|noetic'
   

   ROS 2 Rolling is the latest development release of ROS 2, continuously updated with new features and improvements. It’s ideal for testing and experimentation, while stable releases like Humble and Iron are recommended for production use.

   Again to check for the available ones:

   curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/index-v4.yaml \
    | grep 'distribution:' \
    | awk -F':' '{print $2}' \
    | awk -F'/' '{print $1}' \
    | tr -d '[' \
    | grep -Ev 'groovy|hydro|indigo|jade|kinetic|lunar|melodic|noetic' \
    | while read release; do
        if dnf list available "ros-$release-*" &>/dev/null; then
            echo "$release"
        fi
      done
   

   Please be a little patient and wait… :)
   Next, obtain the source scripts:

   dnf install ros-{ distro }-ament-package

   (Already included in the full Desktop setup)
   Lastly, you can source the ROS environment as follows:

   source /usr/lib64/ros2-{ distro }/setup.bash

   For further Insight see the Copr Repo.

   

   To load it on each new Terminal append it to the PATH with:

   echo 'source /usr/lib64/ros2-{ distro }/setup.bash' >> ~/.bashrc