To use a mirror, simply run one of the commands below when setting up your sources.list file.

Note: the entire command sequence should be copy/pasted as a single line in the terminal.

Asia

China

1. USTC

Administrator: USTC LUG <lug AT ustc DOT edu DOT cn>

URL: http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/ros/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/ros/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

2. Tsinghua University

Administrator: Tsinghua University TUNA <support AT tuna DOT tsinghua DOT edu DOT cn>

URL: http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/ros/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/ros/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

3. Beijing Foreign Studies University

Administrator: Co-maintained by TUNA <support AT tuna DOT tsinghua DOT edu DOT cn>

URL: http://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/ros/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/ros/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

4. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Administrator: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Linux User Group SJTUG <sjtug-mirror-maintainers AT googlegroups DOT com>

URL: http://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/ros/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/ros/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

5. Zhejiang University

Administrator: ZJUSCT Falcon <mirrors AT zju DOT edu DOT cn>

URL: http://mirrors.zju.edu.cn/ros/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirrors.zju.edu.cn/ros/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Japan

1. The University of Tokyo

Contact: Kei Okada <k-okada AT jsk DOT t DOT u-tokyo DOT ac DOT jp>

URL: http://ros.jsk.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

Command:

- for ROS Release

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org.jsk.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ros/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
wget http://ros.jsk.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jsk.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

- for ROS Testing

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org.jsk.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ros-testing/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
wget http://ros.jsk.imi.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp/jsk.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

Note:

- Multiple versions are available

Singapore

1. OSRF

Administrator: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>

URL: http://mirror-ap.packages.ros.org/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirror-ap.packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu/ $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Europe

Ireland

1. OSRF

Administrator: Tully Foote <tfoote AT osrfoundation DOT org>

URL: http://mirror-eu.packages.ros.org/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirror-eu.packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu/ $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Germany

1. University of Freiburg

Administrator: Henrich Kolkhorst <kolkhorst AT cs DOT uni-freiburg DOT de>, Jannik Zürn <zuern AT cs DOT uni-freiburg DOT de>

URL: http://packages.ros.org.ros.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://packages.ros.org.ros.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/ros/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

the Netherlands

1. Delft University of Technology

Contact: G. vd. Hoorn <g DOT a DOT vanderhoorn AT tudelft DOT nl>, ftpadmin <ftpadmin AT tudelft DOT nl>

URL: http://ftp.tudelft.nl/ros (or FTP alternative: ftp://ftp.tudelft.nl/pub/ros)

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://ftp.tudelft.nl/ros/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

Note: ros-shadow-fixed is unavailable.

North America

USA

1. Clarkson University

Administrator: Hunter Bashaw <bashawhm AT clarkson DOT edu>

URL: http://mirror.clarkson.edu/ros/packages.ros.org/

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirror.clarkson.edu/ros/packages.ros.org/mirror/packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu/ $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

2. University of Maryland

URL: http://mirror.umd.edu/packages.ros.org (rsync: rsync://mirror.umd.edu/packages.ros.org)

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://mirror.umd.edu/packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'

South America

Brasil

1. Centro Universitário da FEI

Administrator: Murilo F. M. <muhrix AT gmail DOT com>

URL: http://ros.fei.edu.br/archive-ros/packages.ros.org/ (packages for Precise, Quantal and Raring only)

Command:

sudo sh -c '. /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://ros.fei.edu.br/archive-ros/packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'