Isaac Made Easy

Tested with:

• Ubuntu 22.04
• IsaacSim 5.0.0
• IsaacLab 2.2.0

Conda

make
conda activate ilab

assumes you have conda installed

UV

make uv
source ilab/bin/activate

Available Targets

Main Targets

• all - Run complete setup: deps → gitman → clean → setup
• deps - Install system dependencies and package managers
• gitman - Update git submodules
• clean - Clean up environments (uses selected package manager)
• setup - Setup development environment (uses selected package manager)

Package Manager Specific Targets

• clean-conda - Remove conda environment
• clean-uv - Remove UV virtual environment
• setup-conda - Setup conda environment
• setup-uv - Setup UV virtual environment

Convenience Targets

• conda - Force use of conda for all operations
• uv - Force use of UV for all operations

Package Manager Selection

Environment Variable

# Set UV as default for this session
export PACKAGE_MANAGER=uv

# Or specify per command
PACKAGE_MANAGER=uv make setup

Command Line Override

# Use UV for this command only
make uv

# Use conda for this command only  
make conda

Detailed Target Descriptions

deps Target

• Updates system packages
• Installs build tools (gcc-11+ if needed)
• Installs UV if PACKAGE_MANAGER=uv
• Installs gitman for submodule management

gitman Target

• Updates all git submodules in resources/
• Downloads Isaac Sim and IsaacLab repositories

clean Target

• Conda: Deactivates and removes ilab environment
• UV: Removes ilab directory

setup Target

• Conda: Creates ilab environment and installs IsaacLab
• UV: Creates virtual environment and installs package in editable mode