Build third party package in build or devel folder.

asked 2015-10-12 11:57:13 -0500

jeffeb3
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I have a package that needs to be unzipped, configured, and made. I currently do this inside my source folder. Then I jump through a bunch of hoops to make the dependencies depend on these custom commands.

The current problem I have is that it doesn't clean up. catkin_make clean doesn't delete the built products, and it doesn't delete the unzipped contents.

I could find some way to find the "clean" target, and do something special (like rm -rf unzipped location and build products) but that would probably confuse people because the rest of my build is out of source.

Ideally, I could unzip the source in the build folder somewhere, and then when the user deleted the build and devel folder, the next catkin_make would do a clean unzip and build.

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I'm still hoping to find a way to install this into the build folder, but I did find a way to make the catkin_make clean delete the folder:

set_directory_properties(
  PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES
    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${EXTRACTED_DIR}")

jeffeb3 ( 2015-10-12 15:08:08 -0500 )edit

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answered 2015-10-12 12:27:43 -0500

tfoote

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I would agree that it would be better to do your download and custom logic in the build space. In general it's best practice that a build does not change the source space.

Since you're creating custom commands you should be able to do it in the build space instead of the source space.

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Yeah, I'd like to do that. If you agree with my solution, then all I need is the syntax to get to the build folder. Is there a variable for the build folder?

jeffeb3 ( 2015-10-12 12:45:33 -0500 )edit

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answered 2015-10-12 12:30:05 -0500

William

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If it is a CMake project, just put a package.xml file in the source, set the build type to CMake, and then use catkin_make_isolated or catkin build (catkin_make cannot handle a workspace with non-catkin packages in it). For example, you can build gazebo and friends this way:

http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=in...

If it is not a CMake project wrap it in a CMakeLists.txt and make sure the contents are extracted into the build folder. I don't have an example of that off hand, but maybe this link will give you a hint:

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.2/mod...

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It is not a CMake project. It is GeometricTools/WildMagic. Currently, I just unzip it, and call make in a few folders.

jeffeb3 ( 2015-10-12 12:46:46 -0500 )edit

Hmmm. That ExternalProject is an interesting idea. I would need it to be executed from the normal catkin_make process, so mingling the ExternalProject in a catkin CMakeLists.txt could be a very good solution. I'll search for an example.

jeffeb3 ( 2015-10-12 12:53:39 -0500 )edit

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