Software management

Software upgrade

To ensure the robot is running on the latest software an upgrade can be done. Before the upgrade, make sure the robot is connected to the internet (see Networking Overview). Then SSH into the robot (see section SSH Connection to the robot) and perform the upgrade:

pal apt upgrade --update

This will upgrade your robot’s packages to the latest available versions on the PAL repositories.

Note

The command pal apt upgrade --update --dry-run can be used to list any packages that will be upgraded, installed or removed, but it will not perform any changes to the system.

Do not forget to reboot the robot once the upgrade is complete.

Note

pal apt upgrade will only upgrade the package for the current SDK distribution. To upgrade your robot to a different SDK version, please contact PAL support.

Change SDK distribution

Note

The SDK distribution should not be changed unless it has been specifically instructed by the PAL support to do so.

To change the SDK distribution, SSH into the robot (see section SSH Connection to the robot) and run the following command:

pal apt sources --prod --track <sdk-distribution>

Please perfom an upgrade after changing the SDK distribution (see section Software upgrade).