Requirements Setup - JOCIIIII/PX4-PILS-Runner GitHub Wiki

This document is written for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Certain commands may vary if you use ohter Linux distributions.

1. Requirements

• PX4-PILS-Runner required following system requirements to be run properly.

1.1. Hardware & OS-Specific Requirements

1.1.1. Simulator PC

• AMD64(x64) Based Linux System (Recommends Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
• Nvidia GPU (≥ RTX 20 Ampere)
• 512 GB Storage (Recommends SSD)
• Network Connection (For downloading external resources)
• Desktop Environment (=Physical Display or Equivalent)

1.1.2. Imbedded Board

• jetson Orin 8GB
• USB - Ethernet Adapter

1.2. Software Requirements

1.2.1. common

• sudo permission
• Docker & Docker Compsoe

1.2.1.1 Docker Installation

• Use following convenience script to install docker at once.

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sh get-docker.sh

• After installing it, allow user to run docker without sudo permission.

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

• Reboot.

sudo reboot -h now

1.2.2. Simulator PC

• Nvidia Proprietary Driver
• Nvidia Container Toolkit

1.2.2.1 Nvidia Proprietary Driver Installation

• Find latest available Nvidia proprietary driver.

apt search nvidia-driver-* | grep "nvidia-driver-*"

• Install the latest driver.
• The latest driver at the moment is nvidia-driver-550.
• Change the version based on the previous search result.

sudo apt purge "nvidia-driver-*" && sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550
sudo reboot -h now

1.2.2.2 Nvidia Container Toolkit

This document is from Nvidia. Please refer to the document for the detail.

• After installing the Nvidia proprietary driver, you have to install the Nvidia Container Toolkit.
• Configure the production repository:

curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
  && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/nvidia-container-toolkit.list | \
    sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

• Update the packages list from the repository:

sudo apt-get update

• Install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit packages:

sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-container-toolkit

• Configure the container runtime by using the nvidia-ctk command:

sudo nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker

• Restart the Docker daemon:

sudo systemctl restart docker

1.2.3. Imbedded Board

• Jetpack 6.2.0