Problem running ROS2 Foxy Demo on MacOS

asked 2021-08-21 16:36:11 -0500

nayan
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Hi,

I am trying to install ROS 2 on my Mac with this tutorial: https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Installa...

MacOS: Big Sur 11.5.2 ROS2 Foxy Patch Release 4

When I execute:

ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker

I get this RCL error:

libc++abi: terminating with uncaught exception of type rclcpp::exceptions::RCLError: failed to initialize rcl init options: failed to load shared library of rmw implementation: /Users/nayanpradhan/ros2_foxy/ros2-osx/lib/librmw_fastrtps_cpp.dylib Exception: LoadLibrary error: dlopen(/Users/nayanpradhan/ros2_foxy/ros2-osx/lib/librmw_fastrtps_cpp.dylib, 1): Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/tinyxml2/lib/libtinyxml2.8.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/nayanpradhan/ros2_foxy/ros2-osx/lib/librmw_fastrtps_cpp.dylib Reason: image not found, at /Users/osrf/jenkins-agent/workspace/ci_packaging_osx/ws/src/ros2/rcutils/src/shared_library.c:84, at /Users/osrf/jenkins-agent/workspace/ci_packaging_osx/ws/src/ros2/rmw_implementation/rmw_implementation/src/functions.cpp:64, at /Users/osrf/jenkins-agent/workspace/ci_packaging_osx/ws/src/ros2/rcl/rcl/src/rcl/init_options.c:61

In general, sourcing also gives the warning:

[connext_cmake_module] Warning: The location at which Connext was found when the workspace was built [[/Applications/rti_connext_dds-5.3.1]] does not point to a valid directory, and the NDDSHOME environment variable has not been set. Support for Connext will not be available.

How can I fix these errors/warning???

Thanks!

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Hey Nayan, did you manage to solve this problem? I have the same problem myself

victra ( 2021-10-05 04:45:48 -0500 )edit

I meet this problem too. Is there any available solution right now?

Sensenzhl ( 2021-12-10 06:58:37 -0500 )edit

@Sensenzhl, were you able to get ROS2 working on macOS?

wgrand ( 2021-12-23 08:52:00 -0500 )edit

I have installed ROS2 working, but still leave this problem unsolved

Sensenzhl ( 2022-01-01 08:26:08 -0500 )edit

My conclusion is to run Ubuntu on a USB stick and call it a day. At the time of this writing, ROS supports macOS Mojave, which was released in 2018. Now it is 2022. So, it is not worth forcing ROS to run on macOS.

wgrand ( 2022-01-04 13:09:43 -0500 )edit

Thanks for your reply. I've tried the method you mentioned that downgrading tinyxml2 to 2.8. The version I use now is tinyxml2 version 2.9. But it seems that tinyxml2.8 is not compatible with macOS Big Sur, it can only be used on macOS Catalina. Is there any method to deal with this?

Sensenzhl ( 2022-01-04 18:59:21 -0500 )edit

My conclusion is that it is too tedious on macOS to ensure that all packages are the proper versions. I suggest using Ubuntu instead.

wgrand ( 2022-01-05 06:59:15 -0500 )edit

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answered 2021-08-23 22:30:21 -0500

kak13
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updated 2022-01-18 15:17:47 -0500

osilva

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did you try . ~/ros2_foxy/ros2-osx/setup.bash before you test that one?

If so, try to re-install and be sure you are on foxy

Updated (1/18/22): Answered by @chrisfromsoftware

Answer: Same problem for me as well, on macOS Mojave. I resolved my problem by following this example and downgrading my tinyxml2 to 2.8: https://gist.github.com/talal/1b8d0c1...

The git hash I used for the formula was: 1592a31d0be73d01943e729d98aab4e494ca4351

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I have the same issue as @nayan. And yes, I ran . ~/ros2_foxy/ros2-osx/setup.bash. If you look carefully at the error, you see that it is trying to load tinyxml2 version 2.8, which does not install when you follow the steps specified on https://docs.ros.org/en/foxy/Installation/macOS-Install-Binary.html. If you look in that directory, as of December 2021, you will see that tinyxml2 version 2.9 is installed. (I am on macOS 12.1 Monterrey.)

wgrand ( 2021-12-23 07:48:01 -0500 )edit

Same problem for me as well, on macOS Mojave. I resolved my problem by following this example and downgrading my tinyxml2 to 2.8: https://gist.github.com/talal/1b8d0c1...

The git hash I used for the formula was: 1592a31d0be73d01943e729d98aab4e494ca4351

chrisfromsoftware ( 2021-12-23 17:02:12 -0500 )edit

I see in the ROS documentation that they are supporting macOS Mojave. But Mojave is just over 3 years old. What is the motivation to keep legacy OS?

wgrand ( 2021-12-25 06:41:25 -0500 )edit

Thanks @chrisfromsoftware. Downgrading tinyxml2 to 2.8 worked. Maybe you should post this as an answer!

wgrand ( 2021-12-28 07:25:16 -0500 )edit

@chrisfromsoftware tip did the trick for me too. Currently running on macOS Monterey 12.1 (Intel).

Karax ( 2022-01-18 10:56:58 -0500 )edit

@Karax Can you please help with this? I have the same hardware. But i steel not understand how we need change this https://gist.github.com/talal/1b8d0c1... to downgrading tinyxml2 to 2.8. Can you please describe it in details. Thanks.

Zeitgeist ( 2022-04-05 13:59:07 -0500 )edit

@Zeitgeist here the steps to downgrade to 2.8

cd "$(brew --repo homebrew/core)"
git checkout -b tinyxml2-2.8 1592a31d0be73d01943e729d98aab4e494ca4351
brew unlink tinyxml2
HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install tinyxml2
brew pin tinyxml2
git checkout master
git branch -d tinyxml2-2.8
brew cleanup && brew prune

märve ( 2022-04-15 11:13:34 -0500 )edit

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