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# Gazebo Fortress

Pre-req: [Virtual Machine](/robotics/virtual-machines-virtual-box.md)

* [Gazebo](https://gazebosim.org/docs/fortress/install_ubuntu) 

  * Compatible with ROS2 Iron according to this link
  *

  ```
  <figure><img src="/files/4a1tps4nz0QvRnZXicQk" alt=""><figcaption><p>Reason behind Gazebo Fortress</p></figcaption></figure>
  ```

### Installation

[Installation instructions](https://gazebosim.org/docs/fortress/install_ubuntu) or continue here (same tutorial)

```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lsb-release wget gnupg
```

```
sudo wget https://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.gpg -O /usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg
```

```
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list > /dev/null
```

```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ignition-fortress
```

### Launch Gazebo ([Link](https://gazebosim.org/docs/all/getstarted))

```
ign gazebo sim quadcopter.sdf
```