How to exclude one package from the catkin_make build?

asked 2013-02-04 00:43:40 -0600

TommyP
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Suppose i have one package that do not compile. How can i exclude that package from the build? is there an easy way to tag a package to not be included in the catkin_make build?

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answered 2013-02-04 01:24:03 -0600

KruseT

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Like this:

# "List of ';' separated packages to build"
catkin_make -DCATKIN_BLACKLIST_PACKAGES="foo;bar"

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Well, you have to to --force-cmake and you only have to do the above once I noticed. But it works. How do I list the current value of cmake CATKIN_* variables?

TommyP ( 2013-02-04 02:04:52 -0600 )edit

They are in CMakeCache.txt. Not sure if there is a nice method to get those.

dornhege ( 2013-02-04 04:15:58 -0600 )edit

ccmake, cmake-gui and such

KruseT ( 2013-02-04 04:23:39 -0600 )edit

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Also, "cmake -L | grep CATKIN"

KruseT ( 2013-02-04 04:26:33 -0600 )edit

Aha, "ccmake ." did work if I was in build. Strange I thought I tested that before asking.

TommyP ( 2013-02-04 10:57:15 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-02-04 04:10:48 -0600

dornhege

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updated 2013-02-04 04:12:27 -0600

You can put a CATKIN_IGNORE file in the package similar to rosbuild. Worked for me and is described here:

https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rep/blob/master/rep-0128.rst

I'm not sure if this is an abuse of the feature as it's meant to go into build/ or if it's intended to work like ROS_NOBUILD.

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I like that solution but it is missing a way to show all packages that are not being built

kalectro ( 2013-02-04 04:26:56 -0600 )edit

It's not really a builtin, but does the job: find src -name "CATKIN_IGNORE" | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "/" } ; {print $(NF-1)}'

dornhege ( 2013-02-04 04:32:42 -0600 )edit

1st build on ubuntu 14.10 indigo and rviz would not build, so I used the CATKIN_IGNORE and it built and seems to run fine. I copied a CATKIN_IGNORE file, which looks like an empty text file from ros_catkin_ws/build_isolated to my ros_catkin_ws/src/rviz folder

cubeloid ( 2015-02-23 19:57:54 -0600 )edit

This is the coolest and quickest way to ignore a package, thanks. Can confirm it still works on Ubuntu 14.10 and Ros Indigo (compiled from source).

potAito ( 2015-04-03 08:51:56 -0600 )edit

This worked for me as well. The advantage is that you can use it with catkin build as well! Thanks :)

wdg-5 ( 2019-05-21 01:06:05 -0600 )edit

Worked on ROS Melodic with catkin build, thanks. Just put CATKIN_IGNORE file (empty file, doesn't matter) in your ROS package. That's it.

askkvn ( 2021-07-02 06:32:28 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-02-04 04:05:21 -0600

kalectro

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I found this procedure to be easier and more transparent:

cd catkin_ws; mkdir donotbuild
mv src/package_I_dont_like donotbuild

catkin will only build packages located in the src folder

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This will get quite problematic when working with source control systems. They'd either report the missing folder or always restore it.

dornhege ( 2013-02-04 04:14:22 -0600 )edit

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