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 / 20.04Install 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.

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