# ROS on Windows: Melodic Release v20201221.0.0.2012310001

**URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20201221-0-0-2012310001/18269
**Category:** ROS General
**Tags:** release, melodic, windows
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20201221-0-0-2012310001/18269 "2021-01-04T18:58:11Z")
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#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-on-windows-melodic-release-v20201221-0-0-2012310001/18269/1 "2021-01-04T18:58:11Z")

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The Microsoft Azure Edge Robotics team is happy to announce the Melodic Release v20201221.0.0.2012310001 for Windows developers.

As usual, you can install it by the following steps:

```auto
mkdir c:\opt\chocolatey
set ChocolateyInstall=c:\opt\chocolatey
choco source add -n=ros-win -s="https://aka.ms/ros/public" --priority=1
choco upgrade ros-melodic-desktop_full -y --execution-timeout=0

```

Some highlights of this release:

- Based on the [Melodic release sync 2020-12-21](http://discourse.ros.org/t/new-packages-for-melodic-2020-12-21/18165)
- Enabled packages:
  - Desktop\_full
  - MoveIt
  - Navigation
  - SLAM
    - Cartographer
    - OpenKarto
    - OpenSLAM’s GMapping

- Libraries and Python runtime:
  - Boost 1.66.0
  - CMake 3.18.2
  - EmPY 3.3.4
  - Gazebo 9.13.1
  - OGRE 1.10.11
  - OpenCV 3.4.1
  - PCL 1.8.1
  - Poco 1.8.1
  - Python 2.7.15
  - Qt 5.10.1

Love your feedback and let us know on [GitHub](https://github.com/ms-iot/rosonwindows/issues).

Also check out [https://aka.ms/ros](https://aka.ms/ros) for ROS related components from Microsoft and partners which are supported on Linux and Windows. And more getting started tutorials on [https://aka.ms/ros/docs](https://aka.ms/ros/docs).

Happy coding ROS Developers! 💪💪💪