CMake Error: CMAKE_MODULE_PATH does not contain Findcatkin.cmake

asked 2013-07-24 11:53:01 -0500

atp
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updated 2013-11-14 10:33:21 -0500

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I'm trying to install rviz from source. It seems a lot of packages are missing from my installation of ROS from source. So, I worked my way through the github repository, cloned the corresponding folders, copied them into /opt/ros/..., and ran cmake to build the packages from source. This worked fine until the package "genpy" where cmake gives the following error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:4 (find_package):
  By not providing "Findcatkin.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
  asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "catkin", but
  CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "catkin" with any
  of the following names:

    catkinConfig.cmake
    catkin-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "catkin" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "catkin_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If "catkin"
  provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
  installed.

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Were you able to fix this problem? I get the same error with suitesparse.

saba426 ( 2015-09-10 10:09:08 -0500 )edit

I'm also having this issue, has anyone found a working solution? (nothing listed below works for me)

M@t ( 2017-09-25 15:43:03 -0500 )edit

@M@t this is a very old solved question. It doesn't make sense to try to revive this. Please ask your question as a new question with full details on how to reproduce it. http://wiki.ros.org/Support

tfoote ( 2017-09-25 16:05:18 -0500 )edit

There seems to already be a few questions with this same issue that exist, such as this question, so I'm reluctant to open a duplicate question. Unfortunately, the answer given doesn't work for me.

M@t ( 2017-09-25 16:23:15 -0500 )edit

I'll keep searching for an answer, and if I find one I'll reopen the question linked above and give a full answer. If not, I'll take your suggestion and open a fresh question.

M@t ( 2017-09-25 16:27:43 -0500 )edit

The problem you're running into is very generic. The catkinConfig.cmake is not on your CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. The question is why it's not on your path. The only way to know that is to have enough information to reproduce the problem you are having exactly, since it's likely a procedural error.

tfoote ( 2017-09-25 16:30:22 -0500 )edit

I see, I'll start collecting everything I need to make a proper question. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

M@t ( 2017-09-25 16:53:26 -0500 )edit

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answered 2013-07-24 14:40:07 -0500

fergs

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map_msgs is a ROS package, so you need to install map_msgs from source, it is not installed by rosdep: find the github repository that it is in here: http://ros.org/wiki/map_msgs

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I think this just leads to a cycle of problems (see above).

atp ( 2013-07-24 16:20:56 -0500 )edit

Did you build it ? I think you might need to compile those files...

Lucile ( 2013-07-24 23:10:34 -0500 )edit

see above. I adjusted the problem description to the most recent problem - I hope that's fine.

atp ( 2013-07-25 04:13:29 -0500 )edit

Did you try rosmake tools as well ? Maybe this package has not been catkinised yet...

Lucile ( 2013-07-25 21:59:46 -0500 )edit

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answered 2016-03-24 21:13:26 -0500

Craig
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i get the same problem for catkin_simple By not providing "Findcatkin_simple.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "catkin_simple", but CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "catkin_simple" with any of the following names:

catkin_simpleConfig.cmake
catkin_simple-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "catkin_simple" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set "catkin_simple_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "catkin_simple" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been installed.

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have you solved the problem? I got the same problem.

jjsmonkey ( 2016-07-01 13:21:18 -0500 )edit

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This helped me

set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH _PATH "/opt/ros/noetic;${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")

amaTMR ( 2021-05-28 03:22:15 -0500 )edit

HI @amaTMR, could you be a bit more specific for this newbie here, please?

Mgl_H838 ( 2021-11-05 05:05:19 -0500 )edit

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answered 2016-08-30 09:38:04 -0500

Tobias Neumann

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For a general solution for the "catkin_simple" problem, I just cloned catkin_simple into my workspace

https://github.com/catkin/catkin_simple

I don't know if this is the correct way, but it worked

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answered 2020-04-15 13:07:20 -0500

oleg.alexandrov
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updated 2020-04-15 13:41:57 -0500

gvdhoorn
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What worked for me is to append to CMAKE_MODULE_PATH right before trying to find packages the value of CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH which can be set by the user as an environmental variable before invoking catkin build. Hence:

list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})

# Verify
message(STATUS "CMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")

This made the problem go away.

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could you please tell me how to do that? I'm new to ROS and Linux.

Mgl_H838 ( 2021-11-05 05:00:19 -0500 )edit

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answered 2020-01-27 18:25:13 -0500

Guerlando
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In my case I simply had to source the sh script

. /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.sh

this migth happen specially if you forgot to run the first time but also if you're doing things inside docker

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