E: Unable to locate package ros-humble-isaac-ros-argus-camera

Robotics & Edge Computing Robotics - Isaac Isaac ROS
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I am trying to use the argus camera driver on my Jetson Orin NX, with Jetpack 6.1/2 (not sure which).

I followed these guides:
install docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository
jetson vpi setup https://nvidia-isaac-ros.github.io/getting_started/hardware_setup/compute/jetson_vpi.html
argus cam driver https://nvidia-isaac-ros.github.io/repositories_and_packages/isaac_ros_argus_camera/isaac_ros_argus_camera/index.html#quickstart
https://nvidia-isaac-ros.github.io/getting_started/dev_env_setup.html

The only deviation is that using /mnt/nova_ssd/workspaces/isaac_ros-dev/src did not work for me as (I suspect) there were many permission issues (when I ran ./run_dev.sh, it just echoed the filepath and nothing else happened). So, I cloned the repo to my home directory and ran it from there instead.

Also, I did not follow the instructions to “set your Jetson up with SSD” as mine was already flashed with an SSD.

Once inside the container, I ran:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y ros-humble-isaac-ros-argus-camera

and got:

E: Unable to locate package ros-humble-isaac-ros-argus-camera

$ sudo apt policy ros-humble-isaac-ros-argus-camera

Also gives the same error. I looked around in the forums, and saw that people were having trouble with ros-humble-isaac-ros-unet, but that also cannot be found:

$ sudo apt policy ros-humble-isaac-ros-unet

N: Unable to locate package ros-humble-isaac-ros-unet

However, I am able to locate other packages, such as:

$ sudo apt policy software-properties-common

software-properties-common:
  Installed: 0.99.22.9
  Candidate: 0.99.22.9
  Version table:
 *** 0.99.22.9 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy-updates/main arm64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.99.22 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy/main arm64 Packages

My Jetson is freshly flashed with a NVMe SSD, these are some additional details:
isaac ros version: humble

$ sudo apt-cache show nvidia-jetpack

Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.2)
Version: 6.2+b77
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.2+b77), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.2+b77)
Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/jetson
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.2+b77_arm64.deb
Size: 29298
SHA256: 70553d4b5a802057f9436677ef8ce255db386fd3b5d24ff2c0a8ec0e485c59cd
SHA1: 9deab64d12eef0e788471e05856c84bf2a0cf6e6
MD5sum: 4db65dc36434fe1f84176843384aee23
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8

Package: nvidia-jetpack
Source: nvidia-jetpack (6.1)
Version: 6.1+b123
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: NVIDIA Corporation
Installed-Size: 194
Depends: nvidia-jetpack-runtime (= 6.1+b123), nvidia-jetpack-dev (= 6.1+b123)
Homepage: http://developer.nvidia.com/jetson
Priority: standard
Section: metapackages
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-jetpack/nvidia-jetpack_6.1+b123_arm64.deb
Size: 29312
SHA256: b6475a6108aeabc5b16af7c102162b7c46c36361239fef6293535d05ee2c2929
SHA1: f0984a6272c8f3a70ae14cb2ca6716b8c1a09543
MD5sum: a167745e1d88a8d7597454c8003fa9a4
Description: NVIDIA Jetpack Meta Package
Description-md5: ad1462289bdbc54909ae109d1d32c0a8
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release-3.0 for arm64 seems to be down, though it still works for amd64. You can try switching to release-3.2 instead.

Maybe you can try changing the corresponding line in /etc/apt/sources.list to:

deb https://isaac.download.nvidia.com/isaac-ros/release-3 jammy release-3.2

Then do a sudo apt update.

Update: release-3.0 for arm64 seems to work now.

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Your Jetson Orin NX is unable to locate ros-humble-isaac-ros-argus-camera, likely due to missing repositories. Ensure ROS 2 Humble is installed and sourced (source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash), then enable necessary repositories (sudo add-apt-repository universe multiverse && sudo apt update). If the package is still missing, manually clone and build it in your workspace:
mkdir -p ~/workspaces/isaac_ros-dev/src && cd ~/workspaces/isaac_ros-dev/src
git clone GitHub - NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_argus_camera: ROS 2 packages based on NVIDIA libArgus library for NVIDIA-accelerated CSI camera support.
cd ~/workspaces/isaac_ros-dev
colcon build --symlink-install
source install/setup.bash


Alternatively, use NVIDIA’s Isaac ROS Docker container (`sudo docker pull nvcr.io/nvidia/isaac-ros:humble`). If issues persist, ensure your JetPack is updated (`dpkg -l | grep nvidia-jetpack`).
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Hi @fooenzesamuel

I believe there is a misinstallation on your board. Please verify that everything is installed correctly according to the documentation.