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Installation from Ansible playbook

Create the USB installer

The first step is to download the official Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server install media from the release page. Search for ubuntu-22.04.x-live-server-amd64.iso.

Then, please create the USB installer using a USB memory and a tool like Balena Etcher.

Find further information about creating a bootable USB stick on Windows, Ubuntu or macOS.

Install Ubuntu

Follow the below steps to install the Ubuntu server on icub-head.

Please, note that the installation procedure can be slightly different in each release, you can see the Ubuntu server official install guide

Warning

The installation procedure will overwrite the disk of your icub-head, so all data will be deleted.

Launch the playbook

Once the basic OS has been installed it is time to download and launch our playbook:

The Playbook covers the steps decribed in iCubOS installation from scratch, iCub user enviroment and further tasks.

How to run:

  • clone the repository
  • Check the README file for further instructions
  • launch as sudo the start.sh file 
    git clone https://github.com/icub-tech-iit/icubos-playbook.git

cd icubos-playbook/

sudo ./start.sh
    A reboot is recommended in order to load the Lowlatency kernel instead of the Generic.

Once the installation is completed follow the Networking chapter of the guide to configure the network using netplan or your favorite network manager system.