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roslaunch cannot find package

asked 2014-05-28 14:17:24 -0500

bjem85 gravatar image

I have written a .launch file for a CAN bus reader, but roslaunch simple does not see it, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. It is especially disconcerting as every other node I've got works just fine.

package.xml:

<package>
  <name>canbus_read</name>
  <version>0.0.1</version>

  <description>Can_Bus_ROS_Reader</description>

  <maintainer email="bart.milne@pg.canterbury.ac.nz">Bart Milne</maintainer>
  <author>Bart Milne</author>

  <license>BSD</license>

  <url type="website"></url>

  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>

  <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend>

  <run_depend>roscpp</run_depend>

</package>

Launch file:

<!-- %Tag(FULL)%-->
<launch>
    <node name="candump" type="candump" pkg="canbus_read" output="screen" args="any" />
</launch>
<!-- %EndTag(FULL)%-->

The program's name iscandump.

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answered 2014-05-28 14:41:52 -0500

ahendrix gravatar image

The best way to go about troubleshooting this is to see if it works with rosrun or not. You can start by trying:

rosrun canbus_read candump

If that doesn't work, you probably have a problem with your CMakeLists or your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH; make sure you've sourced your devel workspace, and make sure you're calling catkin_package() in your CMakeLists.txt (even if you call it with no arguments).

If it works with rosrun but not from a launch file, we can look for a more subtle root cause; maybe start by locating the binary and try to figure out why rosrun finds it, but roslaunch doesn't.

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Thanks, I will check that. I have a related question that includes the CMakeLists.txt. See http://answers.ros.org/question/171261/catkin_make-ignores-include_dirs-directive-in-catkin_generate_package/

bjem85 gravatar image bjem85  ( 2014-05-28 14:46:48 -0500 )edit

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