# ROS support for VOXL2

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/989/ros-support-for-voxl2
Category: VOXL SDK and Software (https://forum.modalai.com/category/47/voxl-sdk-and-software)
Tags: ros
Posted: 2022-06-08 06:06:15 UTC by Jeff Delaune
Replies: 2 · Views: 1554

## Jeff Delaune · 2022-06-08 06:06:15 UTC

Hello,

I received a VOXL2 that shipped as is (output of the voxl-version command):

system-image: 1.2.1-M0054-14.1a-perf

kernel:       #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 18 20:36:27 UTC 2022 4.19.125

hw version:   M0054

voxl-suite:   0.6.0

The ROS setup instructions found on https://docs.modalai.com/setup-ros-on-voxl/ don't seem to apply to this platform release: no /home/root/my_ros_env.sh script, no setup.sh script in /opt/ros/melodic.

Am I missing something?
Can you share the instructions for me to run ROS on this platform release?
Or should I upgrade to a newer one?

Thanks,
Jeff

## Reply by Guest · 2022-06-08 16:39:30 UTC

Hi Jeff, 

Those instructions are custom for the original voxl platform because it's using a very custom system image with ros embedded. The voxl2 system image is built on a standard ubuntu 18.04 image and so you can follow any standard instructions from the ROS docs for ubuntu 18.04 to install and configure ROS(or ROS2) on voxl2.

## Reply by Jeff Delaune · 2022-06-09 05:53:43 UTC

Thank you Alex!