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Not sure if I understand your question correctly but if you're asking if it's possible for your_package to depend on metapackages, yes, and your_package can include all direct dependency defined in a metapackage as well as transitive ones.
E.g. ros-kinetic-desktop-full, which is a metapackage that includes standard packages, depends on another metapackage ros-kinetic-desktop, which depends on another metapackages.
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Not sure if I understand your question correctly but if you're asking if it's possible for your_package to depend on metapackages, yes, and your_package can include all direct dependency defined in a metapackage as well as transitive ones.ones no normal catkin package can depend on metapackages (ref. REP-0127).
Only metapackages can depend on other metapackages.
E.g. ros-kinetic-desktop-full, which is a metapackage that includes standard packages, depends on another metapackage ros-kinetic-desktop, which depends on another metapackages.
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I want to know how I can add the necessary dependencies if I can't use the metapackages as dependencies as listed in the tutorial.
Looking at the tutorial you referred to, IMO your question is valid. I've suggested a possible fix. You must pass explicit dependencies.
Not sure if I understand your question correctly but if you're asking if it's possible for your_package to depend on metapackages, yes, and your_package can include all direct dependency defined in a metapackage as well as transitive ones no normal catkin package can depend on metapackages (ref. REP-0127).
Only metapackages can depend on other metapackages.
E.g. ros-kinetic-desktop-full, which is a metapackage that includes standard packages, depends on another metapackage ros-kinetic-desktop, which depends on another metapackages.
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UPDATE
I want to know how I can add the necessary dependencies if I can't use the metapackages as dependencies as listed in the tutorial.
Looking at the tutorial you referred to, IMO your question is valid. I've suggested a possible fix. You must pass explicit dependencies.
Not sure if I understand your question correctly but if you're asking if it's possible for your_package to depend on metapackages, yes, and your_package can include all direct dependency defined in a metapackage as well as transitive ones no normal catkin package can cannot depend on metapackages (ref. REP-0127).
Only metapackages can depend on other metapackages.
E.g. ros-kinetic-desktop-full, which is a metapackage that includes standard packages, depends on another metapackage ros-kinetic-desktop, which depends on another metapackages.
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