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Why doesn't rviz appear as a node in rqt_graph? rviz is subscribed to some topics (such as /scan), but I don't see it in rqt_graph.

This doesn't work, because it appears to be malformed launch file markup. The console error I get is: Invalid roslaunch

I understand that ROS Kinetic or Lunar are "experimental" on OS X (Homebrew), but what does that mean? Does it mean that someone has actually been able to get it installed and simulate a simple robot on Mac? I have been following the steps at https://gist.github.com/jmtatsch/44e7... "ROS Kinetic on Sierra Work in Progress" on a FRESH install (system completely wiped and reinstalled) Mac OS X Sierra, but I am running into some difficulties:

When I perform the step rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro kinetic -y, I get an error message robot: Missing resource robot, which I find interesting because presumably it should find the robot metapackage easily within the src/metapackages folder. Under the assumption that "maybe this isn't that big of a deal", I continued with the installation steps outlined in the Github, but I am having issues with the step:

catkin build \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.11/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/libpython2.7.dylib \
  -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.11/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7

It fails almost immediately on:

Failed     << cpp_common:cmake                                [ Exited with code 1 ]                    
Failed    <<< cpp_common                                      [ 0.2 seconds ]

Errors     << cpp_common:cmake /Users/karl/ros_catkin_ws/logs/cpp_common/build.cmake.000.log            
CMake Error at /Users/karl/ros_catkin_ws/src/roscpp_core/cpp_common/CMakeLists.txt:5 (find_package):
  By not providing "Findconsole_bridge.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this
  project has asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by
  "console_bridge", but CMake did not find one.

  Could not find a package configuration file provided by "console_bridge"
  with any of the following names:

    console_bridgeConfig.cmake
    console_bridge-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "console_bridge" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "console_bridge_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If
  "console_bridge" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it
  has been installed.

Why is it even looking for console_bridge in Kinetic? I thought console_bridge was replaced with rosconsole_bridge? Why would there still be a dependency?

The reasons I can't just install ROS on a Linux box natively are (1) all I have are Mac systems, (2) I can't afford a Linux workstation with suitable performance right now, and (3) I can use a Linux VPS remotely, but applications like Gazebo do not seem to graphically perform well remotely through VNC (I tried this before). What would you recommend?

I eventually gave up on running ROS under Homebrew, and instead decided to dual boot my Mac with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This

Why doesn't rviz appear as a node in rqt_graph? Why doesn't rviz appear as a node in rqt_graph? rviz is subscribed to so

Has anyone actually got ROS working on Mac OS X Sierra? I understand that ROS Kinetic or Lunar are "experimental" on OS