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Setup a Virtual Machine on your PC 

1. Download & Install VMware Workstation 16 Player for Windows here

No need to change any settings. Click through the install and wait until it is complete.

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2. Download Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit PC desktop image here
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3a. Open VMware and select "Create a New Virtual Machine" 
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3b. Ensure the Ubuntu 20.04 Disc Image file is selected.

If it does not automatically select, browse the downloads on your PC and open it.

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4a. Create a username and password. 

 
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Name your virtual machine. 

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5. Click Next and then Finish.

No need to change any settings. 

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6. Wait while Ubuntu installs on the machine.

This will take a while. Be patient. 

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7. Log in. 
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8. Navigate to Virtual Machine Settings. 
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9. Change the Network Adapter to Bridged, click "Replicate physical network connection state" and click only Intel(R) under Configure Adapters .

Then click ok to close Virtual Machine Settings. 

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10. Click on the "Show Applications" icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. Search for Terminal. 
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11. Open Terminal. 

Note: To copy/paste in terminal, click ctrl+shift+c to copy and ctrl+shift+v to paste. 

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12. Copy and paste each of the following commands into terminal. Hit enter after each line. 

Note: The following commands are also on the iRobot page.

note: make sure you get a response with "UTF-8" after running the command above.

note: If you do not get an error, continue to this command.

I got a public key error on the first command (keyring not downloaded). Followed the gray commands below to resolve it:

sudo apt

Try this command again. If those commands worked, continue to the black blocks of code. If those commands didn’t work, try:

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13. Install Create® 3 example repository.





 
or go to this link.
13. Install Create® 3 example repository.





 
or go to this link.
14. Try the command ros2 topic list in terminal. If your machine and Create® 3 robot are on the same WiFi, you will get the result seen on the right. 
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