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Improve Ionic Ubuntu from-source: memory warning and colcon quoting #494

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Right quoting for CMake args
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Add a warning on the RAM memory needed to build from source
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If that is the case, then you are ready
to build the whole set of libraries:

:::{warning}

Compilation can take up to 16Gb of RAM memory. Use MAKEFLAGS with
colcon as detailed in its instructions to reduce the number of
compilation threads if needed.

:::


```bash
colcon build --merge-install
```

To speed up the build process, you could also disable tests by using

```bash
colcon build --cmake-args -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF --merge-install
colcon build --cmake-args ' -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF' --merge-install
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I don't think this is necessary on Ubuntu, but okay.

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To use debuggers activate debug symbols. Gazebo will run slower, but you'll be able to use GDB:
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You will need to build Gazebo with:

```bash
colcon build --cmake-args -DQT_QML_DEBUG --merge-install
colcon build --cmake-args ' -DQT_QML_DEBUG' --merge-install
```

> **Note:** Advanced users may note that only the `gz-sim` project needs this flag.
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