catkin_make error "Invoking "make -j8 -l8" failed"

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Hello good people, I am relatively new to ROS,

I am trying to compile my workspace with a cloned repository from

(https://github.com/aniskoubaa/ros_ess...)

When I invoke catkin_make I keep getting an error

~/catkin_ws$ catkin_make
...
[ 91%] Built target scan_subscriber_cpp
[ 94%] Built target add_two_ints_client
[ 97%] Built target add_two_ints_server
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.2, needed by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopencv_highgui.so.4.2.0, may conflict with libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libopencv_imgproc.so.4.5, needed by /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1, may conflict with libopencv_imgproc.so.4.2
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libIlmImf-2_2.so.22, needed by /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libopencv_core.so.4.5, needed by /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1, may conflict with libopencv_core.so.4.2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::ChannelList::insert(char const*, Imf_2_2::Channel const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::hasChromaticities(Imf_2_2::Header const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::InputFile::readPixels(int, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::InputFile::setFrameBuffer(Imf_2_2::FrameBuffer const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Header::channels() const'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::InputFile::InputFile(char const*, int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::FrameBuffer::insert(char const*, Imf_2_2::Slice const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::chromaticities(Imf_2_2::Header const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::globalThreadCount()'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::InputFile::header() const'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::OutputFile::writePixels(int)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Channel::Channel(Imf_2_2::PixelType, int, int, bool)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::FrameBuffer::begin()'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Slice::Slice(Imf_2_2::PixelType, char*, unsigned long, unsigned long, int, int, double, bool, bool)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::OutputFile::setFrameBuffer(Imf_2_2::FrameBuffer const&)'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Header::dataWindow() const'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Header::channels()'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libopencv_imgcodecs.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `Imf_2_2::Header::~Header()'
/usr ...