Task 0

Software Installation in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04

This document contains instructions to install following software/libraries on Ubuntu OS:

For Ubuntu 22

Download CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0 for Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit OS from here (file size - 219.10MB). It will download as .tar.xz (compressed zip) file.
Open Terminal and navigate to the directory where this file was downloaded. Run the following command:
```
tar -xf CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu22_04.tar.xz
```
This command will decompress and extract the CoppeliaSim software to the folder named CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu22_04 in the same directory.

Now type the below commands in sequence to launch CoppeliaSim.

cd CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu22_04

./coppeliaSim.sh

For Ubuntu 24

Download CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0 for Ubuntu 24.04 64-bit OS from here (file size - 245MB). It will download as .tar.xz (compressed zip) file.
Open Terminal and navigate to the directory where this file was downloaded. Run the following command:
```
tar -xf CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu24_04.tar.xz
```
This command will decompress and extract the CoppeliaSim software to the folder named CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu24_04 in the same directory.

Now type the below commands in sequence to launch CoppeliaSim.

cd CoppeliaSim_Edu_V4_10_0_rev0_Ubuntu24_04

./coppeliaSim.sh

You will see the output as shown in Figure 1. CoppeliaSim will open with the default scene loaded.

Figure 1: CoppeliaSim default window

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