Launching WSL-ROS for the First Time

Warning

This page is out of date, you can find more up-to-date information here:
tom-howard.github.io/ros/software/on-campus/getting-started

Click the Windows Start Menu button:

Then, start typing "wsl-ros" and click on the application shortcut that should then appear in the list:

You will be presented with the following screen:

WSL-ROS is now being installed from the custom OS image, which may take a couple of minutes to complete. Once it's done, the Windows Terminal should automatically launch:

This is an Ubuntu Terminal Instance, giving us access to the Ubuntu 20.04 operating system that we have just installed. This is the WSL-ROS Environment!

You're all set up and ready to go!