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how to find packages that meta-package contains

asked 2014-03-07 05:44:26 -0500

Kei Okada

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As far as I understand, ros is the meta-package that contains several packages, https://github.com/ros/ros/blob/indig... , how do we not that which package does the ros contains?

k-okada@kokada-t430s:/opt/ros/hydro/share$ rospack depends ros
[rospack] Error: no such package ros
k-okada@kokada-t430s:/opt/ros/hydro/share$ rosstack depends ros
[rosstack] Error: no such package ros
k-okada@kokada-t430s:/opt/ros/hydro/share$ rospack depends roslib
catkin
rospack

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As a side note: metapackages are only valid dependencies of other metapackages. They are mostly a convenience for users when installing.

tfoote ( 2014-03-07 13:36:37 -0500 )edit

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answered 2014-03-07 06:11:25 -0500

Dirk Thomas
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Metapackages are not supported by rospack / rosstack. Since metapackages are only meant for backward compatibility and convenient package installation for users there is no plan to add support for them.

As a workaround you can run something like this:

roscd ros
cat package.xml | grep "_depend"

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