Building rqt
or rqt_common_plugins
from source should not be any different from any other ROS package. The general idea would be to obtain copies of the package source code, put them in a workspace, install any system dependencies, and then run catkin_make
. Here is a set of commands that I believe would do what you want
1 $ cd
2 $ mkdir -p ~/rqt_ws/src
3 $ cd rqt_ws/src
4 $ source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash
5 $ catkin_init_workspace
6 $ cd ..
7 $ catkin_make
8 $ source devel/setup.bash
9 $ cd src/
10 $ git clone https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt
11 $ git clone https://github.com/ros-visualization/rqt_common_plugins
12 $ rosdep update
13 $ rosdep install --from-paths ./ --ignore-src --rosdistro indigo -y --simulate
14 $ rosdep install --from-paths ./ --ignore-src --rosdistro indigo -y
15 $ cd ..
16 $ catkin_make
In the above, the first 8 lines are just creating a new workspace. Lines 9-11 are getting copies of the two packages. Lines 12-14 are installing any missing dependencies, and lines 15-16 are building the new workspace.