Dev environment for scan control driver testing

[NithishkumarS]

Update the docker image to support building the scancontrol package in the container

Jira issue: LH2-213

Motivation and Context

ROS Noetic is no longer supported on the newer Ubuntu versions. Therefore a docker container is used to build and run the scancontrol package on newer Ubuntu version. To build the package the base image needs to be updated to include the build essentials.

Changes

• Update the ROS image used and dependencies
• Update the usage Instructions

Type of changes:

• New feature

Checklist

• Update README

[dave992]

The full desktop image is overkill. Please use something like ros:noetic-ros-base as those include the essential build tools already.

[Pugens]

Hi @NithishkumarS, could you add some more info on how to use this as an actual dev container? Or is it only for ci testing purposes? Thx!

[Pugens]

Hi @NithishkumarS, could you add some more info on how to use this as an actual dev container? Or is it only for ci testing purposes? Thx!

I also tried the official image online here https://hub.docker.com/r/samxl/scancontrol/tags
There is a ros noetic installation, but not build tools!? I cannot complie catkin ws inside the container:
bash: catkin: command not found

[Pugens]

If we want to reuse the Dockerfile for actual development envs, rather than just CI, I did an attempt at improvements here @dave992 @NithishkumarS: https://github.com/Pugens/scancontrol/tree/improve-docker-dependencies-built

[katettudelft]

If we want to reuse the Dockerfile for actual development envs, rather than just CI, I did an attempt at improvements here @dave992 @NithishkumarS: https://github.com/Pugens/scancontrol/tree/improve-docker-dependencies-built

We've now got at least three competing Dockerfile defs for ROS2 dev environments (@Pugens I know that one isn't strictly ROS related). There are a lot of standard optimisations that ought to be applied (both for error avoidance and for size management). I'm going to request some time in the new sprint to try to get things untangled a bit; I'd be happy to hear any opinions from anyone.