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rosdep experienced error: Could not detect OS

asked 2019-03-03 21:20:37 -0500

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updated 2019-03-04 02:15:24 -0500

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I try to install Kinect ros_comm from source to my IOT2000 device which run yactol linux with the tutorial: [ http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installat... ] when I run rosdep update, I get Rosdep experienced error:

Could not detect OS['windows' , 'ubuntu',....]

How could I fix this?

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which run yactol linux

do you mean Yocto Linux?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-03-04 02:15:46 -0500 )edit

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answered 2019-03-04 12:42:25 -0500

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ROS core toolset (like rosdep) utilizes OS detection functionality that a package called rospkg provides. Looks like yocto is not supported yet by rospkg. There was a PR that didn't get merged. You can suggest a support by opening a pull request to rospkg. I haven't found a tutorial for how to add a support for a new OS, but looking into the changes done in some previous PRs might help. I think the core of the change should be going to happen in os_detect.py.

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I would actually sugges to not attempt manual cross-compilation to Yocto of ROS 1, but use one of the available build systems. See #q296472 for a related Q&A.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-03-04 14:34:54 -0500 )edit

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