Attention: Answers.ros.org is deprecated as of August the 11th, 2023. Please visit robotics.stackexchange.com to ask a new question. This site will remain online in read-only mode during the transition and into the foreseeable future. Selected questions and answers have been migrated, and redirects have been put in place to direct users to the corresponding questions on Robotics Stack Exchange. Additional details are available here.

beginner's questoin: How to Compile ROS PKG?

asked 2013-05-23 04:06:08 -0500

Gazer
136 ●26 ●35 ●42

updated 2013-05-23 04:07:58 -0500

Hi all

I have followed all the beginner's tutorial from ROS webpage. I still have trouble understanding the precise procedure of compiling a pkg, obtained from a website. In my particular interest is : https://github.com/segwayrmp/segway-rmp-ros-pkg, after download it. I did:

1.Rosmake [package_name] 2.Roscd to [package_name] 3.make

Are these the correct steps in compiling packages like this? why Makefile is missing from the top level of the package?

Thank you

edit retag flag offensive close merge delete

add a comment

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted

answered 2013-05-23 05:04:28 -0500

dornhege

31395 ●134 ●284 ●498

There are two build systems in ROS: rosbuild - the original one and catkin- the newer one. The package you are referring to uses catkin.

Instructions for compiling catkin packages can also be found in the tutorials. There should be a button at the top in the tutorials where you can switch between rosbuild and catkin.

edit flag offensive delete link

Comments

ok. I see. I was told to use rosbuild, not catkin. Thank you, I now go and explore the catkin version. But as for the rosbuild version, do you agree with the steps I took?

Gazer ( 2013-05-23 05:06:23 -0500 )edit

rosmake package_name is sufficient. You can also still use rosbuild with your own code and depend on the catkin packages. Just for building a catkin package catkin is required.

dornhege ( 2013-05-24 05:41:46 -0500 )edit

add a comment

Question Tools

Stats

Asked: 2013-05-23 04:06:08 -0500

Seen: 81 times

Last updated: May 23 '13

ROS Answers is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license.

beginner's questoin: How to Compile ROS PKG? edit

1 Answer

Comments

Question Tools

Stats

beginner's questoin: How to Compile ROS PKG?