How to migrate a catkin workspace?

asked 2014-09-30 20:57:17 -0500

wpd
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I just upgraded my VM from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, and my ROS installation from Hydro to Indigo.

Now that I've done that, I wonder if there is anything special I need to do to migrate my catkin workspace (which was created initially with Hydro) to Indigo.

I just tried the obvious (I guess I could have tried this _before_ I asked my question, but the end result was about what I expected):

$ source catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash 
$ cd catkin_ws/
$ catkin_make
catkin_make: command not found

answered 2014-10-01 01:06:49 -0500

gvdhoorn
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updated 2014-10-01 13:19:43 -0500

Now that I've done that, I wonder if there is anything special I need to do to migrate my catkin workspace (which was created initially with Hydro) to Indigo.

tl;dr: remove the devel/ and build/ directories from your catkin_ws/. Remove src/CMakeLists.txt. Then:

source /opt/ros/DISTRO/setup.bash
cd catkin_ws/
catkin_make

Anytime you move a catkin_ws/ directory, it is recommended to remove the devel/ and build/ directories. Files in those dirs (may) contain references to the old location(s) of build artefacts, which, after moving your workspace, has just changed.

Changing between ROS distributions is similar, in that the build/ and devel/ directories contain references to the location(s) of several key binaries, paths and environment variables that (may) have changed. Additionally, the src/ directory should contain a CMakeLists.txt symlink, which points (in your case) to the Hydro version. This should be updated as well. Remove it and invoke catkin_make in your catkin_ws/: the link will be recreated automatically.

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I guess a catkin_init_workspace in the catkin_ws/src will be necessary as well; because the prior sym link to top_level cmakelists of hydro distribution will no longer be valid....

Wolf ( 2014-10-01 04:28:43 -0500 )edit

@Wolf, yes, that is probably true. I've updated my answer.