Setting up NVIDIA Omniverse Isaac Sim on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04

2024-07-20 Update:

Omniverse Isaac Sim is deprecated. Please refer to NVIDIA Isaac Lab note: Getting Started with NVIDIA Isaac Lab on Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04

System Overview

NVIDIA RTX 2080

Ubuntu 22.04 with standard install

Prerequisite: NVIDIA Driver

Setting up NVIDIA Driver on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04

Install Omniverse

Download Omniverse from here.

After download, grant the executable right to the .AppImage file.

The installation program requires FUSE to run.

Install FUSE with apt:

sudo apt install libfuse2

Create the file structures in the installation directory:

mkdir -p ~/Documents/Omniverse/pkg
mkdir -p ~/Documents/Omniverse/data
mkdir -p ~/Documents/Omniverse/contents
mkdir -p ~/Documents/Omniverse/cache

Launch the application by either double-clicking it or via the terminal.

Set up the directories in the launcher. Here's an example setup:

Install Isaac Sim

Search for "Isaac Sim" in the EXCHANGE tab and click INSTALL button.