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What is the currently preferred method for a complete source build of ROS Fuerte?
This URL does not seem to work. http://packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py?rosdistro=fuerte&variant=desktop-full&overlay=no
The catkin guide. As tully says, its still in the works, but its easy enough to follow for building. There is a working rosinstaller you can build off - just add your stacks to the bottom of it:
https://raw.github.com/willowgarage/catkin/master/test/test.rosinstall
To start your rosinstall, make sure you have rosinstall updated to the latest version and run it with the --catkin option:
rosinstall --catkin ~/catkin https://raw.github.com/willowgarage/catkin/master/test/test.rosinstall
@snorri : can you edit your answer to use this link instead (more up-to-date)? http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/
Official guide is up at http://www.ros.org/wiki/electric/Installation/Ubuntu/Source
I think you were meaning: http://www.ros.org/wiki/fuerte/Installation/Ubuntu/Source
Can someone clarify the install process after make completes the build in /tmp?
I think I understand why the default is to install to /usr/local but I'm not sure that it is obvious that /usr/local/setup.sh is part of ROS
The method I used is roughly
$ make
Edit CMakeCache.txt CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/ros
$ sudo make install
Testing continues...
Also, gcc/g++ 4.6 seems to have issues, but gcc/g++ 4.5 seems to work.
The usual option (just like autotools) is to pass these kinds of variables in when you invocate cmake - e.g. "cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/ros ../src". Toolchains, debug/release get passed in the same way as well.
Asked: 2012-02-11 07:13:56 -0500
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Last updated: Mar 02 '12
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I'd like to do a source install also... @tfoote have you written up this documentation yet?