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Alpine ROS - ROS for Alpine Linux

Using ROS on Alpine Linux aids development and deployment by reducing storage space and installation time when compared to Ubuntu based installations. For example, the ros_core meta-package requires about one-third of the installation time on Alpine and is substantially smaller. Reduced build times and smaller image sizes speed-up continuous integration tests and deployment to container-based robotic systems.

For example, following Dockerfile builds a docker image containing neonavigation and rviz packages. It is runnable on Linux with the Intel graphics by the command below.

# Dockerfile
FROM ghcr.io/alpine-ros/alpine-ros:noetic-3.14-bare

RUN apk add --no-cache \
  ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-neonavigation-launch \
  ros-${ROS_DISTRO}-rviz \
  ttf-droid \
  mesa-dri-intel

CMD roslaunch neonavigation_launch demo.launch
$ docker build -t alpine-noetic-neonavigation .
$ xhost +  # allow x11 access from the container
$ docker run --rm \
  -v "/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix" \
  --device "/dev/dri:/dev/dri" \
  -e DISPLAY \
  alpine-noetic-neonavigation

Complete descriptions and comparison with Ubuntu ROS are available at https://github.com/alpine-ros/package-install-demo.

Presentations

ROSCon JP 2019

Alpine ROS - コンテナフレンドリー軽量LinuxでROSを使う

Package repositories

ROS
Alpine Linux
Docker

alpine-ros

Docker images of ROS (Robot Operating System) on Alpine Linux.

ROS
Alpine Linux
Docker
CI/CD

ros-abuild-docker

Alpine Linux package builder for ROS (Robot Operating System).