Mission Planner on Ubuntu Linux 16.04
Channel: Robot Garden
Date: 2018-01-06

This video is going to show you how to install Mission Planner on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 and launch it.

Add the necessary aptitude repositories to install Mono - link with copy/paste instructions:
http://www.mono-project.com/download/

Install Mono:
sudo apt-get install mono-complete festival

Add yourself to dialout group on Ubuntu - be sure to replace username with your actual username in linux:
sudo usermod -a -G dialout username

Download the zip version of Mission Planner at version 1.3.30:
wget http://firmware.eu.ardupilot.org/Tools/MissionPlanner/archive/MissionPlanner-1.3.30.zip

Create folder and extract the zip file: 
mkdir ~/missionplanner;unzip -d ~/missionplanner/ MissionPlanner-1.3.30.zip

Launch Mission Planner:
cd ~/missionplanner;mono MissionPlanner.exe

Create a launcher to make it easier to start Mission Planner
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop

This will open the gnome launcher application - fill it out with the following:
Type: Application
Name: Mission Planner
Command (note replace username with your actual username: mono /home/username/missionplanner/MissionPlanner.exe
Optionally cick the default icon picture and choose a new one from the missionplaner directory we created earlier - mine was named mpdesktop150.png