SITL wiki page missing some packages

[Andrew Chapman]

To Whom It May Concern...

Unfortunately the new wiki pages don't show any info about who wrote them (perhaps they do when you're logged in as an editor?), so I'm having to mail the group instead - is there a better way?

The SITL setup page (http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/setting-up-sitl-on-linux/) is missing some packages. I did a fresh Ubuntu 13.04 install and it doesn't have python-pip, git, automake, libtool and gawk.

So it seems to me that the line which currently reads:

sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib python-serial python-wxgtk2.8 python-scipy python-opencv ccache

...should be changed to:

sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib python-serial python-wxgtk2.8 python-scipy python-opencv python-pip ccache git automake libtool gawk

...and that needs to be the first command to execute, as you need git before you can clone the source repository.

Also, under Step 6 we're missing a 'make configure' step, so I think that block of commands should read:

cd ~/ardupilot/ArduPlane
make configure
sim_arduplane.sh --console --map --aircraft test

I've just tested it again on a fresh Ubuntu 13.04 install and it works well that way.

AC.

[Chris Anderson]

Thanks, Andrew. If you'd like we can give you edit permission on the wiki so you can make that change.

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[Andrew Chapman]

Sure. I did have edit permission on the old wiki.

Any chance we can get the page owner, or most recent editor listed on the new wiki? Without that or the ability to leave comments it is a pretty opaque system.

Thanks Chris,
AC.

[Chris Anderson]

Great. I've sent you an edit invitation. 

We're looking for ways to integrate the forums into the wiki pages better. 

[Bill Bonney]

Take a look at here, as it has a very useful diagram http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/SITL

I believe tridge wrote the page that supplied the one you referenced

[Craig Elder]

Gary is putting this into the wikis right now

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Bill Bonney <billb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Take a look at here, as it has a very useful diagram http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/SITL

I believe tridge wrote the page that supplied the one you referenced

[Gary McCray]

Hi All,

Craig mentioned this to me and it was already in Plane, but not in Copter.

It is now in Planner (common) which is autocopied to Plane and Copter and has been installed in the TOCs of both.

Best Regards,

Gary

[suna...@colorado.edu]

Could someone assist me with the SITL? I am unable to run

sim_arduplane.sh --console --map --aircraft test

because the file does not seem to exist in the ArduPlane directory. I have been trying many many times. I am on Ubuntu 13.04. Any help is highly appreciated

[benni...@gmail.com]

That file is in ardupilot/Tools/autotest which should usually be put in your $PATH.

The instructions at http://dev.ardupilot.com/software-in-the-loop-sitl/ include the step to add this (and other directories) to your path, but other pages such as http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/sitl-3/ don’t.  I guess an update or two is in order.

Also note that on my machine I had to install the python-pexpect package which AFAICT isn’t listed on any of the prerequisite lists anywhere.

  Ben.

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[Gary McCray]

Hi Ben,

Although the Sitl-3 page you reference still exists in the APMPlane Wiki it is not linked from either the TOC table of contents or from the Instructions drop down menu.

Only the common page is linked to from either the drop down Instructions menu or the Table Of Contents: http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-sitl-software-in-the-loop-simulator/

Regards,

Gary

[benni...@gmail.com]

Hi Gary,

Right, that page looks pretty good but is missing a few points covered on other pages, such as package prerequisites for common systems, where in the world the sim_*.py scripts live and how to add them to your $PATH (as o.p. noted).  A bit of consolidation work or more thorough cross-linking would improve the situation - something I’m willing to do myself if someone’s happy to give me edit rights.

Cheers,

  --Ben.

[Gary McCray]

Hi Ben, 

So glad you asked,

I still haven't got the ability to give you those rights, but you need to email Alex at 3DR - al...@3drobotics.com - and she will set you up with them.

When you do edit any common pages please do it from the Mission Planner wiki site as they are autocopied to the vehicle sites.

If you attempt it at the vehicle site itself it will get overwritten within an hour from the planner site.

You might also want to take a look at the Editors Resource page here: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-editor-information-resource/

Best Regards,

Gary

[benni...@gmail.com]

Thanks Gary, will do.