Installation

Follow the IGVC Docker Setup Guide to get Docker installed on your host machine.
- Follow the Docker post-installation guide If you have issues running docker commands
Run git clone https://github.com/RPI-IGVC-2025/RobotCode2026.git within your WSL or native linux filesystem.
cd to the RobotCode2026 directory
Open the resulting repository in Visual Studio Code (Using code .)
- Make sure to install the Remote Development Extension Pack.
Make sure your host docker engine (In the majority of cases, Docker Desktop) is running.
Use Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command pallete and run Dev containers: Rebuild and Reopen in Container
- While within the devcontainer, the command will be Dev containrs: Reopen in Container
Verify ROS 2 is working

Open a new terminal in the container and run:

# Check ROS 2 help
ros2 --help
# List installed packages
ros2 pkg list | head
# Test GUI (requires XQuartz running on macOS)
rviz2

You're ready to develop!

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