• Installation by msi package
  • Invoking the installer
• Installation details
  • Work contents of installer
  • Files to be installed

Openrtm.org provides an MSI package for installing the Python edition of OpenRTM-aist, its prerequisites such as omniORBpy, and the RTSystemEditor tool all at once on Windows.

Installation by msi package

Download the msi package from download site of openrtm.org. The msi package contains tools such as omniORBpy and RTSystemEditor that are required, but Python needs to be installed in advance. From version 1.1.2, all 3 languages (C++, Java, Python) + tools (Eclipse + rtshell) are bundled with one Windows installer. We recommend that you uninstall the older version in advance. Also, please see the notation of deficit notation in download site.

Invoking the installer

For the procedure, OpenRTM-aist in 10 minutes! page.

Installation details

Work contents of installer

The installer performs the following tasks.

• Copy various files under the installation directory (default is C:\Python<version>)
• Copy various files to the installation directory (default is C:\Program Files)
• Start Menu Create an OpenRTM-aist folder below and set various shortcuts
• Setting environment variables
• Setting when using msi for 32 bit

 RTM_BASE=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\
 RTM_ROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\
 RTM_VC_VERSION=vc12
 RTM_JAVA_ROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\
 OMNI_ROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\omniORB\4.2.1_vc12\
 OpenCV_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\OpenCV2.4.11\
 OpenRTM_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\cmake\

• Additional setting to PATH
  • Setting when using msi for 32 bit

 C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\bin\vc12\ 
 C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\omniORB\4.2.1_vc12\bin\x86_win32\ 
 C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRTM-aist\1.1.2\OpenCV2.4.11\x86\vc12\bin\ 

We provide a script to check the setting of the installation environment. We will explain how to use the script and what you can check on the following page.

- Installation checking script

Files to be installed

The file is installed with the following structure.
Executing script to check the above setting of the installation environment saves the directory where Python is installed by the tree command and the OpenRTM-aist directory structure under Program Files to the log file As you do, you can check the details.

 <python_install_dir>
   + omniORB dll, various commands
   + rtcd, rtcprofile etc. OpenRTM-aist related commands
   |
   + Lib
   |  + site-packages
   |     + OpenRTM_aist: OpenRTM-aist Python module
   |        + RTM_IDL: IDL file
   |
   |     + omniORB related Python module

 <install_dir>
   + OpenRTM-aist
      + 1.x.x  :Old version runtime
      + <version>
         + bin: dll, lib, various commands
         + cmake: OpenRTMConfig.cmake
         + coil: coil header file
         + Components
            + CXX:
               + Examples: C ++ sample components
               + OpenCV: OpenCV C ++ Sample Component
            + Java: Java sample component
            + Python: Python sample component
         + etc: rtc.conf sample
         + ext: ComponentObserverConsumer
         + jar:
         + jre: OpenJDK JRE
         + omniORB
         + OpenCV
         + rtm: OpenRTM-aist header file
            + idl: OpenRTM-aist header file...
         + util
            + OpenRTP:
            + RTSystemEditor:
            + rtc-template:

When installation is finished, proceed to operation check.