Download and Install SDFormat

Binary Installation

Ubuntu

On Ubuntu systems, apt-get can be used to install sdformat:

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

sudo apt install libsdformat<#>-dev libsdformat<#>

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 9 or 10, depending on which version you need.

macOS

On macOS, add OSRF packages:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap osrf/simulation

Install sdformat:

brew install sdformat<#>

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 9 or 10, depending on which version you need.

Windows

Install Conda package management system. Miniconda suffices.

Create if necessary, and activate a Conda environment:

conda create -n ign-ws
conda activate ign-ws

Install sdformat:

conda install libsdformat --channel conda-forge

You can view all the versions with

conda search libsdformat --channel conda-forge

and install a specific minor version with

conda install libsdformat=9.3.0 --channel conda-forge

Source installation

Ubuntu

Prerequisites

Make sure you have removed the Ubuntu pre-compiled binaries before installing from source

sudo apt-get remove 'libsdformat*' 'sdformat*'

If you have previously installed from source, be sure you are installing to the same path location or that you have removed the previous installation from source version manually.

Install Required Dependencies

Install prerequisites. A clean Ubuntu system will need:

build tools, ruby for building xml schemas, tinyxml, and boost:

sudo apt -y install \
  $(sort -u $(find . -iname 'packages-'`lsb_release -cs`'.apt' -o -iname 'packages.apt' | grep -v '/\.git/') | tr '\n' ' ')

Build And Install SDFormat

This section describes how to install SDFormat into /usr, which greatly simplifies the process of linking to and loading libsdformat by downstream software. This may be suitable for use inside a docker container, but care should be taken when installing to /usr since installing the debian packages would overwrite the version that you built from source, and it can be very difficult to debug problems that arise from this system state. It is often safer to install to a local folder and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and other environment variables appropriately. To simplify this type of installation, a catkin workspace or colcon workspace may be used along with the corresponding build tools that generate shell scripts for setting the necessary environment variables.

Installing into /usr

1. Clone the repository into a directory in your home folder:

   mkdir ~/sdf_source
   cd ~/sdf_source/
   git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/sdformat
   

2. Change directory into the sdformat repository and switch to the sdf<#> branch

   cd sdformat
   git checkout sdf<#>
   

Note: Your cloned repository should be on the latest release branch by default, which is the recommended branch for stability. You can find the bleeding edge code in the main branch.

1. Create a build directory and go there

   mkdir build
   cd build
   

2. Build and install

   cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
   make -j4
   # make install will work as the root user in a docker container
   # otherwise you may need to use `sudo make install`
   make install
   

sdformat supported cmake parameters at configuring time:

• USE_INTERNAL_URDF (bool) [default False]
  Use an internal copy of urdfdom 1.0.0 instead of look for one installed in the system
• USE_UPSTREAM_CFLAGS (bool) [default True]
  Use the sdformat team compilation flags instead of the common set defined by cmake.

Uninstalling Source-based Install

If you need to uninstall SDF or switch back to a debian-based install of SDF when you currently have installed SDF from source, navigate to your source code directory's build folders and run make uninstall:

cd ~/sdf_source/sdformat/build
# make uninstall will work as the root user in a docker container
# otherwise you may need to use `sudo make uninstall`
make uninstall

macOS

Prerequisites

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/sdformat -b sdf<#>

Be sure to replace <#> with a number value, such as 9 or 10, depending on which version you need.

Install dependencies

brew install --only-dependencies sdformat<#>

Build from Source

1. Configure and build

   cd sdformat
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake .. # Consider specifying -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=...
   make
   

2. Optionally, install and uninstall

   sudo make install
   

To uninstall the software installed with the previous steps:

cd build/
sudo make uninstall

Windows

Prerequisites

Install Conda package management system. Miniconda suffices.

Create if necessary, and activate a Conda environment:

conda create -n ign-ws
conda activate ign-ws

Install prerequisites:

conda install urdfdom --channel conda-forge

Install Ignition dependencies:

You can view lists of dependencies:

conda search libsdformat --channel conda-forge --info

Install dependencies, replacing <#> with the desired versions:

conda install libignition-math<#> libignition-tools<#> --channel conda-forge

Build from Source

This assumes you have created and activated a Conda environment while installing the Prerequisites.

1. Configure and build

   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF  # Optionally, -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=path\to\install
   cmake --build . --config Release
   

2. Install

   cmake --install . --config Release