Ardupilot vs Alexbuyval-Ardupilot :Gazebo SITL installation

Hardware Pixhawk family
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I am using http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/using-rosgazebo-simulator-with-sitl.html instructions to install Gazebo SITL simulation.

The first instruction is: git clone https://github.com/alexbuyval/ardupilot. However I already I have SITL installed from http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/setting-up-sitl-on-linux.html.

jh@jh-Lenovo-Ideapad-Z50-70:~$ git clone https://github.com/alexbuyval/ardupilot
fatal: destination path ‘ardupilot’ already exists and is not an empty directory.

Do I need to reinstall alex’s ardupilot over the previous ardupilot build ?
How is Alex’s ardupilot build https://github.com/alexbuyval/ardupilot.
different from the regular build http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/setting-up-sitl-on-linux.html.

Also will these instructions http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/using-rosgazebo-simulator-with-sitl.html work on ubuntu 16.04 ? The article recommends ubuntu 14.042, however documentation normally lags development. Is ubuntu 16.04 currently supported and where can I find the installation instructions for gazebo sitl on linux 16.04?

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Alexbuyval branch is outdated. But you can make it works by cloning it in another directory or adding it as new remote on your current ardupilot git.

I should works on ubuntu 16.04, but it is ROS based. I don’t remember if it works with ros-kinetic…

We are currently update gazebo plugin (see : https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/4837 ) It should be ready soon .

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Hello, what is the current status of the gazebo plugin?