--- title: Install ros2-teleop on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of ros2-teleop for on elementary OS - The ROS 2 teleop snap url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ros2-teleop/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install ros2-teleop on **elementary OS** # ros2-teleop [Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)") * [Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/ubuntu-robotics-community "View all snaps from Ubuntu Robotics Community (ubuntu-robotics-community)") * [Devices and IoT](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=devices-and-iot) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros2-teleop/elementary#install) #### The ROS 2 teleop snap The ROS 2 teleop snap allows for teleoperating a robot from either the keyboard, gamepad or leave it to the navigation stack. The snap offers the possibility to teleoperate the robot from a joystick with: snap start ros2-teleop.joy This app launches both the gamepad driver as well as the joy teleop node. Parameters for the joystick application are: * joy-vel (string, default: 'joy\_vel') * joy-dev (string, default: 'dev/input/js0') * joy-config (string, default: '') * config-filepath (string, default: '') * publish-stamped-twist (bool, default: false) At least one between the joy-config and the config-filepath parameters must be set for the application to run. In case both joy-config and config-filepath are set, the configuration file will take precedence. The upstream package offers some default joystick configurations. Those can be set up with the joy-config parameter as follows: snap set ros2-teleop joy-config="ps3" In alternative, a custom configuration file can be used. The file can be provided by means of a URL. In such case, the snap will download the file and place it in `$SNAP_COMMON/config/joy_teleop.config.yaml`. To configure the config-filepath to a URL: snap set ros2-teleop config-filepath="" Note: the URL must be reachable by the snap. When using a URL, the configuration file will be downloaded everytime the joy app is launched. Therefore a configuration update upstream will be applied with the application relaunch. Otherwise to configure the config-filepath to a local configuration file: snap set ros2-teleop config-filepath="/var/snap/ros2-teleop/common/config/joy\_teleop.config.yaml" The local configuration should be at a path accessible to the snap such as $SNAP\_COMMON. The robot can also be teleoperated from a keyboard (e.g. SSH) by launching the application with: ros2-teleop.key Optional parameters for the keyboard application are: key-vel (string, default: 'key\_vel') The snap makes use of a topic multiplexer to switch from one source to another. Its input topic can be selected as, ros2-teleop.mux-select The topics names can also be configured with snap parameters: * cmd-vel (string, default: "cmd\_vel") * nav-vel (string, default: "nav\_vel") * web-vel (string, defautl: "web\_vel") Note that when launching the joy or key app, the appropriate topic is automatically selected. ### Package name * ros2-teleop --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 15 November 2024 - jazzy/stable * 9 October 2026 - jazzy/candidate --- ### Websites * [github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap](https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap "https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap") --- ### Contact * [ubuntu-robotics-community@canonical.com](mailto:ubuntu-robotics-community@canonical.com "mailto:ubuntu-robotics-community@canonical.com") --- ### Source code * [github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap](https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap "https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap/issues](https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap/issues "https://github.com/canonical/ros2-teleop-snap/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros2-teleop/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install ros2-teleop Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install ros2-teleop To install ros2-teleop, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install ros2-teleop ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/ros2-teleop/elementary) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. 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