Could not load panel in rviz -- PluginlibFactory: The plugin for class ...

asked 2015-08-09 05:08:55 -0600

mcholewi
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updated 2015-08-12 09:44:50 -0600

Hello,

I have heavy problems with developing own panel i rviz. I have prepared everything, it compiles without warning but while loading, the rviz writes

PluginlibFactory: The plugin for class 'assistant_panel/Widget_interface' failed to load. Error: Failed to load library /home/xxx/ws/ws_linux/devel/lib/libassistant_panel.so. Make sure that you are calling the PLUGINLIB_EXPORT_CLASS macro in the library code, and that names are consistent between this macro and your XML. Error string: Could not load library (Poco exception = /home/xxx/ws/ws_linux/devel/lib/libassistant_panel.so: undefined symbol: _ZTVN15assistant_panel16Widget_interfaceE)

Eveyrthing looks ok, but I am trying to solve it for last two days but I am failing.

link for the soft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_3...

Files:

CMakeLists.txt

##############################################################################
# CMake
##############################################################################

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
project(assistant_panel)

##############################################################################
# Catkin
##############################################################################

# qt_build provides the qt cmake glue, roscpp the comms for a default talker
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS qt_build roscpp rviz)
include_directories(${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS})
# Use this to define what the package will export (e.g. libs, headers).
# Since the default here is to produce only a binary, we don't worry about
# exporting anything. 
catkin_package()

##############################################################################
# Qt Environment
##############################################################################

# this comes from qt_build's qt-ros.cmake which is automatically 
# included via the dependency call in package.xml
rosbuild_prepare_qt4(QtCore QtGui) # Add the appropriate components to the component list here

##############################################################################
# Sections
##############################################################################

file(GLOB QT_FORMS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ui/*.ui)
file(GLOB QT_RESOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} resources/*.qrc)
file(GLOB_RECURSE QT_MOC RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} FOLLOW_SYMLINKS include/assistant_panel/*.hpp)

QT4_ADD_RESOURCES(QT_RESOURCES_CPP ${QT_RESOURCES})
QT4_WRAP_UI(QT_FORMS_HPP ${QT_FORMS})
QT4_WRAP_CPP(QT_MOC_HPP ${QT_MOC})

##############################################################################
# Sources
##############################################################################

file(GLOB_RECURSE QT_SOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} FOLLOW_SYMLINKS src/*.cpp)

##############################################################################
# Binaries
##############################################################################

#add_executable(assistant_panel ${QT_SOURCES} ${QT_RESOURCES_CPP} ${QT_FORMS_HPP} ${QT_MOC_HPP}  ${QT_MOC})

add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${QT_SOURCES} ${QT_RESOURCES_CPP} ${QT_MOC})


target_link_libraries(assistant_panel ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
#install(TARGETS assistant_panel RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION})

install(TARGETS
  ${PROJECT_NAME}
  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
)

install(FILES 
  plugin_description.xml
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION})

install(DIRECTORY media/
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}/media)

install(DIRECTORY icons/
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}/icons)

install(PROGRAMS scripts/send_test_msgs.py
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION})

Package.xml

<package>
  <name>assistant_panel</name>
  <version>0.1.0</version>
  <description>

     assistant_panel

  </description>
  <maintainer email="ReMeDi@gmail.com">ReMeDi</maintainer>
  <author>ReMeDi</author>
  <license>BSD</license>
  <!-- <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/stonier/qt_ros/issues</url> -->
  <!-- <url type="repository">https://github.com/stonier/qt_ros</url> -->


  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
  <build_depend>qt_build</build_depend>
  <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend>
  <build_depend>libqt4-dev</build_depend>
  <build_depend>rviz</build_depend>

  <run_depend>rviz</run_depend>
  <run_depend>qt_build</run_depend>
  <run_depend>roscpp</run_depend>
  <run_depend>libqt4-dev</run_depend>


  <export>
      <rosdoc config="${prefix}/rosdoc.yaml"/>
      <rviz plugin="${prefix}/plugin_description.xml"/>
  </export>

</package>

plugin_description.xml

<library path="libassistant_panel">
  <class name="assistant_panel/Widget_interface"
         type="assistant_panel::Widget_interface"
         base_class_type="rviz::Panel">
    <description>
      sddfsrfrfvg.
    </description>
  </class>
</library>

main_window.hpp

   /**
 * @file /include/assistant_panel/main_window.hpp
 *
 * @brief Qt based gui for assistant_panel.
 *
 * @date November 2010
 **/
#ifndef assistant_panel_MAIN_WINDOW_H
#define assistant_panel_MAIN_WINDOW_H

/*****************************************************************************
** Includes
*****************************************************************************/

//#include <QtGui/QWidget_interface>
#include "ui_main_window.h"
#include "qnode.hpp"
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <geometry_msgs/Twist.h>
#include <rviz/panel.h>

/*****************************************************************************
** Namespace
*****************************************************************************/

namespace assistant_panel {

/*****************************************************************************
** Interface [Widget_interface]
*****************************************************************************/
/**
 * @brief Qt central, all operations relating to the view part here.
 */
class Widget_interface : public rviz::Panel {
Q_OBJECT

public:
   // Widget_interface();
    Widget_interface(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~Widget_interface();

public Q_SLOTS:
    /******************************************
    ** Auto-connections (connectSlotsByName ...

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This usually happens when you're loading a version of the plugin from a different, overlayed workspace. Make sure you've source'd any setup.bash from your latest workspace before running rviz.

William ( 2015-08-10 23:18:17 -0600 )edit

Yes, I am loading. As I have written below the rviz want the symbol, which is actually Undefined. Well, it is very strange, because I have panel which works perfectly. The only difference is not using the ui_ generated header and slightly different CMakeLists. I`ve checked that it is no CMakLists

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answered 2017-04-17 14:08:48 -0600

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updated 2018-05-11 20:34:08 -0600

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I encountered similar question when using pluginlib for loading my customized rviz panel, but I was using CMAKE_AUTOMOC for my qt objects. (Working on Ubuntu 14.04, ROS indigo)

My file system structure is like this:

pkg_folder
\-  config
\-  include/rviz_panel.h
\-  src/rviz_panel.cpp
\-  CMakeLists.txt
\-  package.xml
\-  package_description.xml

The core parts for add_library is:

catkin_package()
include_directories(include)
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(HEADER_FILES
   include/FrameFabRvizPanel.h
)
set(SRC_FILES
    src/FrameFabRvizPanel.cpp
    #src/FrameFab.cpp
    #src/FrameFabRenderWidget.cpp
    #src/WireFrame.cpp
    )
**add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_FILES})**
target_link_libraries(
    ${PROJECT_NAME} ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
)

Using this cmake file and package xml and description xml following official rviz plugin tutorial, I went through catkin_make process smoothly and harvest my lib_pkg.so successfully.

Then launching process for Rviz went on smoothly, and I can even see my panel in the add_new_panel list.

But when I click on it to open it, ROS pumped out an ERROR:

PluginlibFactory: The plugin for class 'framefab_mpp/FrameFabRvizPanel' failed to load.  Error: Failed to load library /home/yijiangh/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libframefab_mpp.so. Make sure that you are calling the PLUGINLIB_EXPORT_CLASS macro in the library code, and that names are consistent between this macro and your XML. Error string: Could not load library (Poco exception = /home/yijiangh/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libframefab_mpp.so: undefined symbol: _ZTVN8framefab17FrameFabRvizPanelE)

(Exactly the same symptom @mcholewi has encountered in his thread)

When using rospack plugins --attrib=plugin rviz, I can successfully see the plugin_description.xml address for my pkg.

After getting stuck for 3 days, I happened to see this thread in stackoverflow. And it just saved huge amount of my time!

So change my CMakeLists.txt file like this:

change this line:

**add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_FILES})**

into

**add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_FILES} ${HEADER_FILES})**

And everything just works like a charm.

I think the reason can be found at CMake AUTOMOC official doc:

If an #include statement like #include "moc_foo.cpp" is found, the Q_OBJECT class declaration is expected in the header, and moc is run on the header file. A moc_foo.cpp file will be generated from the source’s header into the CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR directory. This allows the compiler to find the included moc_foo.cpp file regardless of the location the original source. However, if multiple source files in different directories do this then their generated moc files would collide. In this case a diagnostic will be issued.

So in my previous mistake, the QObject declaration cannot be found thus pluginlib found my customized panel (FrameFabRvizPanel in my case) is undefined.

Thus the solution would be:

You can put cpp and header files for your rviz related plugin together in one folder
or use the technique stated above (link both source and header to your created library)

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This solved my problem as well! My directory structure is slightly different. I replaced this line:

add_library(orca_topside src/orca_panel.cpp)

with this line:

add_library(orca_topside src/orca_panel.cpp include/orca_topside/orca_panel.h)

And it worked!

clyde ( 2017-11-19 18:16:09 -0600 )edit

Thank you, solved it for me as well

martin1412 ( 2018-05-11 07:00:37 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-08-09 11:56:08 -0600

wsAndy
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I wonder if the package is clocked and if you source devel/setup.bash in your workplace first in the terminal that you open , maybe you can solve the problem. Or you can put your CMakeList.txt and package.xml first ?

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answered 2019-06-04 14:30:29 -0600

amiller27
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For posterity:

I was having this same problem (also on ROS Indigo and Ubuntu 14.04), it was caused by the fact that AUTOMOC does not detect .hh files as C++ headers. Doing the steps mentioned by the other answers and renaming my .hh headers to .hpp fixed everything.

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answered 2015-08-10 09:14:20 -0600

mcholewi
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updated 2015-08-12 09:44:34 -0600

Yes, I am doing it. rviz sees the plugin but can not load

When I am doing

nm -D devel/lib/libassistant_panel.so | grep _ZTVN15assistant_panel16Widget_interfaceE

it returns

U _ZTVN15assistant_panel16Widget_interfaceE

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Please edit your question rather than posting an answer with new information.

William ( 2015-08-10 23:17:32 -0600 )edit

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