How to install ROS Melodic on Ubuntu 19.04?

I am trying to install ROS Melodic on Ubuntu 19.04 and having done all the appropriate preparation I am using the command:

sudo apt install ros-melodic-desktop-full

and I get the following error:

Unable to locate package ros-melodic-desktop-full

Any thoughts about what I should do?

1 Answer

Melodic is not supported on 19.04. Target platforms are listed at:

You can see the planned release schedule here:

With the next release, noetic, planning going on here:

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