rososc tutorial- rosbuild catkin

these tutorials http://wiki.ros.org/rososc_tutorials start out using rosbuild but I have been taught to use catkin. Can I simply replace all rosws and other rosbuild commands with catkin commands or is it recommended to use rosbuild w tutorials from that era? 1. what do I have to do to use a rosbuild built system which is also from a different distro?

Asked by moonspacedancer on 2017-09-06 15:11:45 UTC

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It's not just the build tool and workspace management, the pkgs will most likely be rosbuild pkgs as well (ie: no package.xml and no catkin CMakeLists.txt).

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2017-09-06 15:22:20 UTC

And the tutorials mention ROS Electric. That is a long time ago, and many things have changed. You may run into other problems besides the build.

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2017-09-06 15:23:37 UTC

Yes, it's been a very long time since I used/updated it. This was before catkin, after all. :)

Asked by mjcarroll on 2017-09-06 15:29:10 UTC

@gvdhoorn does that mean I can just download ROS electric and use rosbuild there with it?

Asked by moonspacedancer on 2017-09-06 18:31:41 UTC

Electric is over 6 years old, and I'm not sure you can still install that. It would also require that you install Ubuntu 10.04 (Ubuntu Lucid), which I wouldn't recommend as it's too old.

Using rososc on newer releases could be doable but is some work, perhaps @mjcarroll has some tips.

Asked by gvdhoorn on 2017-09-07 01:11:05 UTC

@mjcarroll how can I use it today? was advised to not use Electric since it is so old but can it run with other distros or do you have any ideas of how I can best go about this? or alternatives perhaps? thank you

Asked by moonspacedancer on 2017-09-07 05:57:34 UTC

I believe that I actually catkinized it a while back, let me see if I can resurrect it. If I don't get a chance this morning, it will be until Monday before I can look for it again, I will keep you posted.

Asked by mjcarroll on 2017-09-07 08:22:46 UTC

@mjcarroll any luck so far? thanks again

Asked by moonspacedancer on 2017-09-12 14:01:32 UTC

@mjcarroll im also looking for a updated version of rososc for a current school project, would you mind sharing the updated version with me aswell?

Asked by kemal2551 on 2022-09-29 04:27:13 UTC