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Document which valid version of urdf-parser-py is known to work #48

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Expand Up @@ -34,16 +34,21 @@ pip install lxml numpy pyyaml catkin_pkg
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#### Debian/Ubuntu

**As the installation procedure at this moment suggest to install `pip` packages at the system level via administrative priviliges (such as `sudo`) at this moment it is suggest to follow it only on a dedicated environment, and not in your main development machine. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/22517157/1379427 for more details.**


##### Install dependencies
Install the necessary dependencies with apt-get:
~~~
sudo apt-get install python-lxml python-yaml python-numpy python-setuptools python-catkin-pkg
~~~

You can install `urdf_parser_py` from its git repository:
You can install `urdf_parser_py` from its git repository. Note that due to some regression in recent versions on the default branch of `urdf_parser_py` (see https://github.com/robotology/simmechanics-to-urdf/issues/36) it is recommended to use a specific commit of `urdf_parser_py` that is known to work, https://github.com/ros/urdf_parser_py/commit/31474b9baaf7c3845b40e5a9aa87d5900a2282c3 :
~~~
git clone https://github.com/ros/urdf_parser_py
cd urdf_parser_py
git checkout 31474b9baaf7c3845b40e5a9aa87d5900a2282c3
sudo python setup.py install
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