The SmartSoft World consists of several tools, structures, and implementations that are each packaged on their own. The SmartSoft World Installer is a script to set up a complete software development environment

• to create domain models,
• to develop your own software components,
• and to compose previously existing software components (your own developments or from the component directory) to applications.

The installer will setup a complete SmartSoft development environment including:

• all required system packages
• ACE/SmartSoft Framework implementation
• domain models, composable software components, systems
• latest version of the SmartMDSD toolchain
• all recommended directory structures
• all necessary environment variables

• Architecture: x86(-64). ARM/RaspberryPi with experimental support.
• Ubuntu 20.04, 64 Bit
• OpenJDK 8 as packaged with Ubuntu
• > 8 GB RAM
• > 1 GB disc space

To download and launch the installer, issue the following commands in a terminal/command line:

mkdir ~/SOFTWARE/
cd ~/SOFTWARE/
wget https://github.com/Servicerobotics-Ulm/UtilityRepository/raw/master/smartsoft-install-updatescript.sh
bash smartsoft-install-updatescript.sh

A menu with several options will appear (see screenshot). To install the full development environment, keep the default values. Once the installation finished, you will need to logout/restart to refresh the environment variables.

See Tutorials to learn what to do next.

A simple way to test your installation is as follows. Type the following commands in a terminal:

cd $SMART_ROOT_ACE                 # cd into installation directory
./startSmartSoftNamingService      # start the naming service
xterm -e bin/exampleComponent01 &  # start a component in a terminal window
xterm -e bin/exampleComponent02 &  # start another component in another terminal window

It will launch two example components exchanging data: you will see messages in both terminals (see figure below). Type CTRL+C to quit the components.

In case you are an expert and need full flexibility: to install all tools and dependencies on your own, please refer to Downloads & Resources and the according documentation. Manual installation is not recommended.

• Have a look at the Tutorials.