How to import ROS project C++ file into QT-Creator and compile them?

asked 2013-08-16 22:53:31 -0600

SeiedMilad
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updated 2014-01-28 17:17:41 -0600

ngrennan
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Hi, I want to import my ROS project into Qt-Creator for compiling and having some gui and so on, so I've searched so much about it on th net but I couldn't find a specific answer for this question. consider that I want to import the ROS main tutorial on ROS site into QT-Creator, for instance I want to compile my client C++ node in Qt-Creator with out compiling it in terminal window, so is there any way ? I need more visual interface for Coding than linux text editor.

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answered 2013-08-17 04:32:57 -0600

Miguel S.
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It's actually fairly easy to use QtCreator with ROS (I do it myself). This is a link that explains in more detail.

Briefly, you have to launch qtcreator from the terminal so that the program is aware of your environment variables ($PATH, $PYTHONPATH and so on...)

Once you've done that, go to File->Open Project and navigate to the CMakeLists.txt of your project (if you're using catkin that'd be /path/to/catkin_ws/src/CMakeLists.txt). QtCreator will then ask you to choose a build directory. Simply select the build directory inside the package (or /path/to/catkin_ws/build/ if using catkin). Finally tell QtCreator to run CMake, and voilà you're done!

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Thanks Miguel, it works!

redheli ( 2013-08-25 15:36:23 -0600 )edit

well,how to import ROS project python file into QT-Creator and compile them??

jxl ( 2013-12-12 02:18:28 -0600 )edit

When setting things up this way the build system only creates a build directory, not a devel directory. I guess this is because catkin is not called, only CMake is, no? So what is the good practise? Work in qtcreator and then compile using catkin in a separate terminal?

arennuit ( 2014-08-08 11:07:22 -0600 )edit

I launch qtcreator from sourced terminal but still qtcreator cannot find maky catkin packages like cv_bridge, rosconsoleConfig ect. But i can build the package from terminal through catkin_make.. How is terminal able to find the packages where qtcreator is failing?

Anurag VV ( 2018-06-14 04:49:41 -0600 )edit

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