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GUI Catkin Qt5 Cmake

asked 2013-05-24 11:24:43 -0500

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updated 2013-11-18 16:41:31 -0500

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Hey folks,

I don't really know where to start with my ROS-GUI implementation. I'm on Groovy and trying to visualize some Messages. I also have a little bit experience with Qt widgets, but don't know how to modify my project for ROS. The roscreate-qt-pkg promt seems not to be known by ROS on my system. Do you maybe know a good reference, from where to start, or have a good code example?

Thanks in advance

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answered 2013-05-24 15:04:35 -0500

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On groovy you'll want to use catkin instead of rosbuild. Perhaps you were following a guide based on fuerte or earlier

Check out this tutorial http://www.ros.org/wiki/qt_create/Tutorials/Qt%20App%20Templates

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Thank you for that answer. I used both promts and both told me that the command is unknown. I have groovy fully installed - all my system variables work properly. I can run all other catkin prompts like creating normal pkg, but when I use catkin[TAB] it even doesn't offer catkin_create_qt_pkg

gbd gravatar image gbd  ( 2013-05-25 06:45:25 -0500 )edit

Hmm. It looks like the source (https://github.com/stonier/qt_ros) doesn't match up to whats actually being installed when ros-groovy-qt-ros is installed. Perhaps you could manually install that package and try again.

adobke gravatar image adobke  ( 2013-05-25 07:59:48 -0500 )edit

You could also grab the template files from https://github.com/stonier/qt_ros/tree/groovy-devel/qt_create/src/qt_create/templates/qt-ros

adobke gravatar image adobke  ( 2013-05-25 08:00:54 -0500 )edit
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answered 2013-05-25 08:44:33 -0500

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By ROS-GUI do you mean "general GUI for ROS" or ROS' official GUI framework rqt? The latter is (hopefully) well-documented with many code samples.

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general gui would be okay :)

gbd gravatar image gbd  ( 2013-05-25 13:21:07 -0500 )edit

I see. But just advertise for your possible peace of mind, rqt makes GUI development easier for ROS. I still recommend you to take a look at documents there.

130s gravatar image 130s  ( 2013-05-26 10:51:50 -0500 )edit
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answered 2013-05-25 13:18:33 -0500

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updated 2013-05-26 10:31:42 -0500

Thank you adobke! With your help I managed to get the Template from ttps://github.com/stonier/qt_ros/tree/groovy-devel/qt_create/src/qt_create/templates/qt-ros After a catkin_make over it, also the catkin_make_qt_pkg promt is available now.

I created a qt_pkg with name test and opened it as usual with QT. Cmake ran succesfully, but when I try to run the code without having anything added or changed, the following errors pop up.

As the template is for Qt4, this might be the problem, because I am using Qt5, but don't really know, what I have to change in cmakelists.txt to get rid of the errors.


01:09:53: Führe Schritte für Projekt test aus...
01:09:53: Starte "/usr/bin/make" 
[ 10%] Generating include/test/moc_qnode.cxx
[ 20%] Generating qrc_images.cxx
[ 30%] Generating ui_main_window.h
[ 40%] Generating include/test/moc_main_window.cxx
Scanning dependencies of target test
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/test.dir/src/main_window.cpp.o
In file included from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qnamespace.h:45:0,
                 from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qobjectdefs.h:45,
                 from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qobject.h:47,
                 from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qabstractanimation.h:45,
                 from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/QtCore:4,
                 from /home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtGui/QtGui:4,
                 from /home/mmm/catkin_ws/test/src/main_window.cpp:12:
/home/mmm/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1079:4: error: #error "You must build your code with position independent code if Qt was built with -reduce-relocations. " "Compile your code with -fPIC or -fPIE."
/home/mmm/catkin_ws/test/src/main_window.cpp:13:23: fatal error: QMessageBox: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/test.dir/src/main_window.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/test.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
01:09:55: Der Prozess "/usr/bin/make" wurde mit dem Rückgabewert 2 beendet.
Error while building/deploying project test (kit: Desktop Qt 5.0.1 GCC 64bit)
Bei der Ausführung von Schritt 'Make'
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I could fix the first error by adding "add_definitions(-fPIC)" to the cmakelists.txt.

The next error I got was about missing files like <qmessagebox> could be solved by adding the specific "path INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( "/usr/include/qt4" )".

Now there are a lot of new errors I don't really understand:

    22:13:49: Führe Schritte für Projekt test aus...
22:13:49: Starte "/usr/bin/make" 
-- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/mmm/Dropbox/gesture/bureau/catkin_ws/test-build/devel
-- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/mmm/Dropbox/gesture/bureau/catkin_ws/devel;/home/mmm/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/groovy
-- This workspace overlays: /home/mmm/Dropbox/gesture/bureau/catkin_ws/devel;/home/mmm/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/groovy
-- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/gtest': gtests will be built
-- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home ...
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Please don't use "answer" section when you update your question status. Do so by modifying your original question. That's how this forum works.

130s gravatar image 130s  ( 2013-05-26 10:52:49 -0500 )edit
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OK, sorry for that - got it :)

gbd gravatar image gbd  ( 2013-05-26 11:18:17 -0500 )edit

Hey! I have the same problem (Qt5 and Qt4 installed). Have you managed to find a solution?

NikolasEngelhard gravatar image NikolasEngelhard  ( 2014-01-09 03:59:03 -0500 )edit

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