BlueROV-5: Install APM Planner 2 on Rasberry Pi

• Install APM Planner 2 on the rasberry pi system

  http://plane.ardupilot.com/planner2/docs/installation-for-linux.html

  http://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/download-latest-apm-planner-2-0-20-and-other-releases/8268

  apm_planner_2.0.18_rpi2.deb

   

• On theraspberrypi system:

  pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get -f install

  Reading package lists... Done

  Building dependency tree       

  Reading state information... Done

  Correcting dependencies... Done

  The following extra packages will be installed: libqt5webkit5

  The following NEW packages will be installed: libqt5webkit5

  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

  1 not fully installed or removed.

  Need to get 7,602 kB of archives.

  After this operation, 31.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.

  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y

  Get:1 http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main libqt5webkit5 armhf 5.3.2+dfsg-4+rpi1 [7,602 kB]

  Fetched 7,602 kB in 4s (1,633 kB/s)        

  Selecting previously unselected package libqt5webkit5:armhf.

  (Reading database ... 119454 files and directories currently installed.)

  Preparing to unpack .../libqt5webkit5_5.3.2+dfsg-4+rpi1_armhf.deb ...

  Unpacking libqt5webkit5:armhf (5.3.2+dfsg-4+rpi1) ...

  Setting up libqt5webkit5:armhf (5.3.2+dfsg-4+rpi1) ...

  Setting up apmplanner2 (2.0.18) ...

  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u4) ...

   

  (Figure out what specific version of Linux it is, then we can choose the certain .deb file to download and install.)

  pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ cat /etc/os-release 

  PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"

  NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"

  VERSION_ID="8"

  VERSION="8 (jessie)"

  ID=raspbian

  ID_LIKE=debian

  HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"

  SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"

  BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

   

  pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ lsb_release -a

  No LSB modules are available.

  Distributor ID:Raspbian

  Description:Raspbian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie)

  Release:8.0

  Codename:jessie

   

  pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i apm_planner_2.0.18_rpi2.deb 

  (Reading database ... 119466 files and directories currently installed.)

  Preparing to unpack apm_planner_2.0.18_rpi2.deb ...

  Unpacking apmplanner2 (2.0.18) over (2.0.18) ...

  Setting up apmplanner2 (2.0.18) ...

  Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...

  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...

  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...

   

• Click on this link to download the apmplanner2.desktop (or just download it) file from github. Set the properties on the file to “Allow executing file as program”, then drag and drop the file to your start bar.

  Click on the new Icon andthe APM Planner 2 should start.