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Software Installation#

Note: Prepare two installation packages, available from the Changelog V5.2 section: the airbot-arm main-program deb package and the airbot-arm external SDK whl package.

Package Description	Package Function
`airbot-arm` main-program package	Provides the robotic arm control service
`arm-sdk` client development package	Provides robotic arm control examples and Python secondary-development functionality based on the control service

Host Computer Requirements

Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04 or later
Python version: Python 3.10 or later (required when using the SDK)
CPU: ≥ 4 cores (recommended for real-time control and simulation)
Video memory: ≥ 8 GB (≥ 10 GB recommended for pi0 algorithm inference; ≥ 16 GB for the DISCOVERSE simulator)
Storage: ≥5GB of available disk space for the operating system, software, and data
USB ports: Make sure enough USB ports are available for any external devices or peripherals (more than 3 USB ports are recommended for running ALOHA / Mobile ALOHA algorithms)

Install the main-program package

sudo dpkg -i path/to/airbot-arm_xx_xx.deb

Verify that the main program was installed successfully

apt-cache show airbot-arm

Normal output should contain the following key fields (the version may differ):

Package: airbot-arm
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 384740
Maintainer: airbot
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.5
Depends: can-utils
Description: AIRBOT_ARM built using CMake
Description-md5: 29eeb3c01448583d61685e01b469b5a4

Install the Python SDK
Creating a Virtual Environment Is Recommended

We recommend using Conda to create an independent Python virtual environment. This effectively avoids dependency conflicts and is particularly suitable for running SDK examples and installing dependencies. For example:
```
conda create -n airbot python=3.10
conda activate airbot
```
If you have not used Conda before, see the official website to learn how to use it. This step takes approximately an additional 10–20 minutes.
```
pip install path/to/arm_sdk_xx_xx.whl
```
Verify that the Python SDK was installed successfully
```
arm-sdk version
```
Example of normal output:
```
5.2.3
```