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ROS Kinetic 'catkin_make' fails because PROJECT_NAME is set to Project

asked 2019-07-08 16:33:55 -0500

jaquattro gravatar image

updated 2019-07-10 11:31:25 -0500

I have been using ROS Kinetic for a while,but I do not have very much experience with CMake. Today when I went to make a new catkin workspace following the ROS tutorials page (http://wiki.ros.org/catkin/Tutorials/...) I get a CMake Error stating that PROJECT_NAME is set to Project, which is invalid. I have never run into this issue with any of my other work spaces I have created.

I do not want to mess with toplevel.cmake out of fear of screwing up my other work spaces.

Any ideas why this is happening?

The error message:

CMake Error at /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/catkin_package.cmake:91 (message):
  catkin_package() PROJECT_NAME is set to 'Project', which is not a valid
  project name.  You must call project() before calling catkin_package().

The CMakeLists.txt file:

# toplevel CMakeLists.txt for a catkin workspace
# catkin/cmake/toplevel.cmake

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)

set(CATKIN_TOPLEVEL TRUE)

# search for catkin within the workspace
set(_cmd "catkin_find_pkg" "catkin" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
execute_process(COMMAND ${_cmd}
  RESULT_VARIABLE _res
  OUTPUT_VARIABLE _out
  ERROR_VARIABLE _err
  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
  ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
)
if(NOT _res EQUAL 0 AND NOT _res EQUAL 2)
  # searching fot catkin resulted in an error
  string(REPLACE ";" " " _cmd_str "${_cmd}")
  message(FATAL_ERROR "Search for 'catkin' in workspace failed (${_cmd_str}): ${_err}")
endif()

# include catkin from workspace or via find_package()
if(_res EQUAL 0)
  set(catkin_EXTRAS_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${_out}/cmake")
  # include all.cmake without add_subdirectory to let it operate in same scope
  include(${catkin_EXTRAS_DIR}/all.cmake NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
  add_subdirectory("${_out}")

else()
  # use either CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH explicitly passed to CMake as a command line argument
  # or CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH from the environment
  if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
    if(NOT "$ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" STREQUAL "")
      string(REPLACE ":" ";" CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
    endif()
  endif()

  # list of catkin workspaces
  set(catkin_search_path "")
  foreach(path ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
    if(EXISTS "${path}/.catkin")
      list(FIND catkin_search_path ${path} _index)
      if(_index EQUAL -1)
        list(APPEND catkin_search_path ${path})
      endif()
    endif()
  endforeach()

  # search for catkin in all workspaces
  set(CATKIN_TOPLEVEL_FIND_PACKAGE TRUE)
  find_package(catkin QUIET
    NO_POLICY_SCOPE
    PATHS ${catkin_search_path}
    NO_DEFAULT_PATH NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
  unset(CATKIN_TOPLEVEL_FIND_PACKAGE)

  if(NOT catkin_FOUND)
    message(FATAL_ERROR "find_package(catkin) failed. catkin was neither found in the workspace nor in the CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. One reason may be that no ROS setup.sh was sourced before.")
  endif()
endif()

catkin_workspace()
catkin_package()

Thank you.

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As @Pulkit123 asks: please show the CMakeLists.txt of your ROS package.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-10 04:46:55 -0500 )edit

I edited the question to show the correct file. However it is a sym link to toplevel.cmake, so I think they are the same. Maybe that is the issue? I am new to cmake.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 11:33:35 -0500 )edit

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answered 2019-07-10 11:37:24 -0500

gvdhoorn gravatar image

updated 2019-07-10 14:49:49 -0500

So the CMakeLists.txt in the directory of your ROS package (ie: not the catkin_ws/src directory) is a symlink to /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/catkin_package.cmake?

If yes: yes, that would be a problem.


Edit: Ok. One final check.

Open $HOME/.bashrc. Scroll to the end. Make sure there are no source lines that source any workspaces. Not even /opt/ros. If there are, comment them (#) then save the file.

Now open a new terminal and run this:

mkdir -p /tmp/abcd/catkin_ws/src
cd /tmp/abcd/catkin_ws
source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash
catkin_make

Does that build successfully?

If it does, again open a new terminal, then:

mkdir -p /tmp/efgh/catkin_ws/src
cd /tmp/efgh/catkin_ws/src
source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash
catkin_create_pkg bar_pkg roscpp
cd /tmp/efgh/catkin_ws
catkin_make

Finally, show us the output of:

sudo apt install -y tree
tree -L 2 /tmp/efgh/catkin_ws/src
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Thank you! Now to figure out how this happened.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 11:45:04 -0500 )edit

If you unlink the CMakeLists.txt in your package's root, things start working?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-10 13:01:26 -0500 )edit

If I do that, then CMakeLists.txt gets deleted. Just to clarify, the CMakeLists.txt file in my new workspace is auto generated, and placed in src, when I run catkin_make in the top folder (catkin_ws directory for example). If I unlink and then rerun catkin_make, the same problem arises.

I am aware I could make my own CMakeLists.txt, but I am very confused why following the tutorial to make a new workspace is having this problem.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 13:14:02 -0500 )edit

Apologies, I just realized you asked if it made a sym link to /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/catkin_package.cmake. It is actually making a sym link to /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/toplevel.cmake.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 13:16:10 -0500 )edit

Doesn't matter: the CMakeLists.txt of any ROS pkg should be an actual file, not a symlink to anything else.

If you create a new workspace, then source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash and then in the src space of the new workspace run catkin_create_pkg foo_pkg roscpp, it (ie: foo_pkg) ends up with a CMakeLists.txt that is a symlink to some other file?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-10 14:06:40 -0500 )edit

In which directory do you attempt to run catkin_make? In catkin_ws or in catkin_ws/src or in catkin_ws/src/foo_pkg/src?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-10 14:07:52 -0500 )edit

I run it in catkin_ws per this example without making catkin_create_pkg foo_pkg roscpp. I just tried again after running catkin_create_pkg foo_pkg roscpp and I get the same problem when I run catkin_make in catkin_ws. Does it matter that I am calling it test_ws?

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 14:27:20 -0500 )edit

Running (after removing all the sourcing from my .bashrc)

mkdir -p /tmp/abcd/catkin_ws/src
cd /tmp/abcd/catkin_ws
source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash
catkin_make

gives the same error. :(

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 14:42:30 -0500 )edit
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answered 2019-07-08 23:54:28 -0500

Pulkit123 gravatar image

Try changing 'Project' to some another name and can you please show the CMakeLists.txt file for your project

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Try changing 'Project' to some another name

the error message that OP shows suggests he should do that in /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/catkin_package.cmake, which is a file he doesn't want to edit.

Where do you suggest OP changes "'Project' to some other name" exactly?

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-09 01:46:39 -0500 )edit

Thank you for your responses.

If I were to change the PROJECT_NAME in /opt/ros/kinetic/share/catkin/cmake/catkin_package.cmake, then wouldn't all future catkin work spaces I run catkin_make on be given that project name?

I have edited the question to include the cmake file.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-09 15:38:33 -0500 )edit

You should not edit files in non-world-writable locations (ie: in /opt/ros), even if they are symlinked into your home directory.

That's why I asked @Pulkit123where exactly he recommends you edit 'Project'.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-09 15:42:51 -0500 )edit

I understand and can see now why this would be unwise.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-09 15:53:11 -0500 )edit

Is this still a problem for you?

Does it also occur when you create a new workspace and try to build it? Make sure to not have the old workspace sourced.

gvdhoorn gravatar image gvdhoorn  ( 2019-07-10 04:46:23 -0500 )edit

It does occur when I make a completely new workspace and try to build it. I did also get the error after removing any sourcing for other workspaces from my .bashrc file.

jaquattro gravatar image jaquattro  ( 2019-07-10 11:36:02 -0500 )edit

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