If you are interested in using the Gazebo Simulator with Robot Operating System (ROS), please insgtall ROS first using instructions here.

NOTE: If you installed the full desktop version of ROS, then Gazebo is installed along with it and you can skip the install steps below and jump to the verification step.

Run the following scripts to setup sources, keys, install and setup the environment

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'
wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gazebo

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Check your installation using the following.

gzserver # This will start the server
gzclient # This will start the GUI
gazebo # This command should openup a GUI if Gazebo was installed correctly.

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For Gazebo with ROS, do the following.

sudo apt-get install ros-hydro-gazebo-ros-pkgs ros-hydro-gazebo-ros-control

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External Links

1. Click this link for detailed instructions on Gazebo installation.
2. Click this link for Gazebo with ROS.