2. Fast DDS Monitor on Linux¶
This section provides instructions on how to install the Fast DDS Monitor application. This is available on the eProsima website in the Downloads section.
There are two mechanisms for running the monitor application.
Through the Fast DDS Monitor installer.
Using the AppImage format, which is a portable format of the application software.
2.1. Fast DDS Monitor installer¶
The first option is to install the Fast DDS monitor application together with all its dependencies.
To do so, first run the FastDDSMonitorInstaller.run
executable and follow the instructions it
provides to install the program in a directory on the system.
2.2. Fast DDS Monitor portable format¶
eProsima also distributes a portable version of the Fast DDS Monitor for Linux in AppImage format.
In this case, download this version from the
eProsima Downloads website and run the downloaded
file to launch the monitor.
The name of this file is Fast_DDS_Monitor-x86_64-X.X.X.AppImage
, where X.X.X
is the version of the application.
Warning
In case these files are not executed, check that they have executable permissions.