I want to know about ROS 2 build process detailed.

Hi it's newbie for ROS2. I want to know about build process in ROS 2. I only know how .c file built by (compilers, assembler, link...) So I want to know in detail how cmake and xml file are involved in the build. Does CMakeList.txt refer to package.xml and help gcc compiler?

Asked by menguiin on 2021-04-30 22:51:25 UTC

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I'd recommend reading through:

for general design info on ROS2's build tools: https://design.ros2.org/articles/build_tool.html
for a quick summary/guide to using the build tools: https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Tutorials/Colcon-Tutorial.html
for details on colcon: https://colcon.readthedocs.io/en/released/
for details on package.xml: https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0149.html

For your last question, please look at #217475 where @gvdhoorn gives a good comparison between package.xml and CMakeLists.txt.

Asked by shonigmann on 2021-05-03 12:31:16 UTC