drake_cmake_installed_apt

CMake Project with Drake Installed Using APT

This example uses the cmake build system with an instance of Drake installed using the APT package manager.

Instructions

Download and Install Prerequisites

First, run the install_prereqs script to download and install the drake-dev.deb package from the latest release. Most content installs to /opt/drake. This script also installs the necessary packages for this example.

setup/install_prereqs

See below for alternative versions of Drake to download.

Build Everything

To build the drake_cmake_installed_apt example:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

To run the drake_cmake_installed_apt tests:

cd build
ctest .

Alternative Versions

By default, the install_prereqs script gets the latest version of Drake (usually last night's build). Ignore this if that version is desired. Otherwise, the following are alternative options for which version of Drake to download.

To use any of these options, instead of running install_prereqs, run the code for whichever option you prefer below. Each option installs Drake into /opt/drake.

1. A date-stamped version

Replace 20260401 with the desired date.

curl -O https://drake-packages.csail.mit.edu/drake/nightly/drake-dev_0.0.20260401-1_amd64-noble.deb
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ./drake-dev_0.0.20260401-1_amd64-noble.deb

See Apt Nightly Releases for more information.

2. A stable release

Stable release packages are available as GitHub release attachments. Replace 1.51.1 below with the desired release, being sure to use -L to follow redirects properly:

curl -LO https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake/releases/download/v1.51.1/drake-dev_1.51.1-1_amd64-noble.deb
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ./drake-dev_1.51.1-1_amd64-noble.deb

See Apt Stable Releases for more information.