Compiling PCL (PCL 1.5) in ROS fuerte

asked 2012-06-29 04:11:50 -0600

OliR
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updated 2014-04-20 14:09:31 -0600

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I've cloned the PCL sources (for PCL 1.5) from https://github.com/wg-debs/pcl in my ROS_WORKSPACE and renamed it as pcl.

I cannot compile pcl1.5 in my ROS_WORKSPACE. With "$ roscd pcl" my current directory changes to /opt/ros/fuerte/share/pcl which is not in my ROS_WORKSPACE.

I want to just make an executable file i.e. openni_viewer in my ROS_WORKSPACE/pcl/visualization/tools and execute that.

In the CMakeList.txt in the directory "pcl/visualization/tools" there is a instruction for that... PCL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(openni_viewer ${SUBSYS_NAME} openni_viewer.cpp) target_link_libraries(openni_viewer pcl_common pcl_io pcl_kdtree pcl_visualization)

But it is not compiled with $ rosmake pcl (I cannot get a binary executable file from pcl/viaualization/tools/openni_viewer.cpp)

Earler, I used to clone the stack "perception_pcl_addons" to my ROS_PACKAGE_PATH and just $ rosmake pcl_visualization (using previous versions of ROS) which then created a binary executable file openni_viewer.

Do you have any suggestions?

My confituration: ROS fuerte, Ubuntu 11.10

with best regards, oli

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did you get it working? I'm still looking for a solution to compile a ros supported pcl version.

dinamex ( 2012-08-29 07:05:45 -0600 )edit

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answered 2012-09-06 05:10:38 -0600

joq
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updated 2012-09-06 05:19:20 -0600

The PCL sources in https://github.com/wg-debs/pcl do not contain a ROS package. That is why roscd cannot find them and rosmake cannot make them.

Those sources were apparently used to create the ros-fuerte-pcl Debian package for the supported Ubuntu versions (Lucid, Oneiric, and Precise). To build them on another system, look inside the Debian rules to see how to build it.

Probably, it looks similar to a normal stand-alone PCL build, but with the USE_ROS parameter set. The following is my best guess:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -DUSE_ROS=1
$ make 
$ sudo make install

Please let us know what actually works for you.

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answered 2012-06-29 08:41:56 -0600

bhaskara
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updated 2012-06-29 08:42:21 -0600

You still need to set ROS_PACKAGE_PATH. Do a

$ export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=/path/to/pcl:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH 
$ roscd pcl

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Thank you for your answer But I've already set my ROS_PACKAGE_PATH as my private directory and in that directory locate the pcl package.

I set my ROS_PACKAGE_PATH and my ROS_WORKSPACE as follow $ export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=~/ros:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH $ export ROS_WORKSPACE=~/ros

OliR ( 2012-07-01 11:13:20 -0600 )edit

And the package "pcl" is in my directory ~/ros/. There are also other stacks and packages. With $ roscd STACK or PACKAGE changes my current directory to ~/ros/STACK or PACKAGE. BUT it is not working only for the "pcl". $ roscd pcl indicate always /opt/ros/fuerte/share. Do u have any idea?

OliR ( 2012-07-01 11:23:52 -0600 )edit

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