ROS 2 Jazzy Installer

One-script install for ROS 2 Jazzy on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble).
Binary APT install by default (~5 min). Optional full source build.

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Quick start (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Merlin2LmmL/ROS2-Jazzy-Install-Script/refs/heads/main/ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  -o ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  && chmod +x ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  && ./ros2-jazzy-installer.sh

Alternatively: fast source build (12 parallel workers)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Merlin2LmmL/ROS2-Jazzy-Install-Script/refs/heads/main/ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  -o ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  && chmod +x ros2-jazzy-installer.sh \
  && ./ros2-jazzy-installer.sh --source --fast --parallel 12

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Options

Flag	Default	Description
(none)	—	Binary APT desktop install, ~5 min
--source	—	Full source build, ~2–4 hours
--fast	off	Release mode + max CPU usage (source only)
--parallel N	nproc	Parallel build workers (source only)
--package PKG	ros-jazzy-desktop	APT package to install, e.g. ros-jazzy-ros-base
--skip-locale	off	Skip locale configuration
--workspace DIR	~/ros2_jazzy_ws	Source build output directory

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After install

source /opt/ros/jazzy/setup.bash          # binary install
# or
source ~/ros2_jazzy_ws/install/local_setup.bash  # source build

Test it:

ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker            # terminal 1
ros2 run demo_nodes_py  listener          # terminal 2

If something goes wrong, the full log is at /tmp/ros2_jazzy_install_<timestamp>.log.