ROS 2 Jazzy node that drives turtlesim in a square
A simple ROS 2 Jazzy Python node that subscribes to the turtlesim
pose topic and publishes Twist velocity commands to drive the turtle
in a square pattern. Intended as a ROSCon 2026 demo of snap packaging
for ROS 2.
To use: start turtlesim in one terminal, then run this snap in another.
Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install turtlesim-control-roscon-2026
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, an app store with an audience of millions.
For versions of Ubuntu between 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 15.10 (Wily Werewolf), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include snap by default, snap can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for snapd.
Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:
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 turtlesim-control-roscon-2026
To install turtlesim-control-roscon-2026, simply use the following command: