Catkin library in Rosbuild package

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Hi All,

UPDATE: I think I might have resolved the issue. I added the "find_package" and "target_link_library" to the rosbuild CMakeLists.txt

I'm in the process of migrating some of my packages from ROSBUILD to CATKIN. Unfortunately, I cannot migrate all of them at the moment. I have migrated a package that builds a library and now I cannot get the rosbuild package that depends on it to compile.

So, my question is: How do I include a library generated in a CATKIN package in a ROSBUILD package?

This is the CMakeList of the CATKIN package building a library:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(catkin_library_package)

find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
  roscpp
)

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})

###################################
## catkin specific configuration ##
###################################
catkin_package(
  INCLUDE_DIRS include
  LIBRARIES myCatkinLibrary
  CATKIN_DEPENDS
  roscpp
)

###########
## Build ##
###########

include_directories(
  ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
  include
)


add_library(myCatkinLibrary myCatkinLibrary.cpp)

target_link_libraries(myCatkinLibrary
                      ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
                      )

install(TARGETS myCatkinLibrary
        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_GLOBAL_BIN_DESTINATION})


install(DIRECTORY include/${PROJECT_NAME}/
        DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DESTINATION}
        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.hpp")

And the CMakeList of the Rosbuild package, which includes the library from the catkin package:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)
include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake)

SET(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)

# The name of the project.
PROJECT(rosbuild_package)


rosbuild_find_ros_package(actionlib_msgs)
include(${actionlib_msgs_PACKAGE_PATH}/cmake/actionbuild.cmake)

find_package(catkin_library_package)
include_directories(${catkin_library_package_INCLUDE_DIRS})

genaction()

rosbuild_init()

set(LibraryList
    ${LibraryList}
   )

rosbuild_add_boost_directories()

#set the default path for built executables to the "bin" directory
set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
#set the default path for built libraries to the "lib" directory
set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)

rosbuild_genmsg()

rosbuild_add_executable(rosbuild_node src/main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(rosbuild_node ${catkin_library_package_LIBRARIES})

The CatkinLibraryPackage contains (amongst other) /include/catkin_library_package/mylibrary.hpp, which I'm trying to include in a ROSBUILD package. The rosbuild_package contains /src/main.cpp which specifies in the top: #include "catkin_library_package/myLibrary.hpp" All names are substitutes.

The catkin package compiles fine, but when trying to compile the ROSBUILD package, it cannot find the mylibrary.hpp file (a header in the catkin package).

UPDATE: I've been trying to find the answer to the question before submitting the question here, but without luck. However, today I somehow came across this post. I added the find_package(CatkinLibraryPackage) and the target_link_libraries(rosbuild_node ${CatkinLibraryPackage_LIBRARIES}) to the CMakeList of the ROSBUILD package. This way, I was able to get the rosbuild package to compile.

Any inputs on whether this is the correct way is appreciated...

Thanks to all for your input!

Best regards Casper