Binary packages

Binaries are only created for the Tier 1 operating systems listed in REP-2000. If you are not running any of the following operating systems you may need to build from source or use a container solution to run ROS 2 with DESERT on your platform. In that case move directly to the next chapter.

Supported platforms

This table includes all currently supported versions of RMW desert and Ubuntu. All other pairings are end of life and we do not recommend their continued use, while you can still try a version of the middleware for Focal Fossa that is no longer maintained.

	Ubuntu 20.04	Ubuntu 22.04	Ubuntu 24.04
RMW desert Foxy	⚡	❌	❌
RMW desert Humble	❌	✅	❌
RMW desert Jazzy	❌	❌	✅
RMW desert Kilted	❌	❌	✅
RMW desert Rolling	❌	❌	✅

Then a compatibility table for the corresponding Red Hat Enterprise Linux pairings.

	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
RMW desert Humble	✅	❌
RMW desert Jazzy	❌	✅
RMW desert Kilted	❌	✅
RMW desert Rolling	❌	✅

Install RMW desert

After you have installed ROS from their official repositories, you just need to run the following command.

sudo apt install ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-rmw-desert

The library will be automatically linked to the ROS installation, so source is not required anymore. Otherwise you can manually download the right .deb packet form the releases section and install it locally with apt.