Create an RViz dockable panel w/ catkin and Qt5
Hi everyone, These past days, I'm trying to write an RViz dockable panel following the tutorial [here](http://docs.ros.org/indigo/api/rviz_plugin_tutorials/html/panel_plugin_tutorial.html). My goal is...
View Articleosx install binary packages
Hi everybody! I've recently installed ROS Indigo on OS X 10.10.4, exists any way to install packages like in Ubuntu (sudo apt-get install rose-indigo-…) Or may I always download the package and build...
View ArticleCouldn't find executable named tf_brodcaster below
Hi all, I am new to ROS My question is similar to a [previous question asked](http://answers.ros.org/question/211427/stackpackage-robot_setup_tf-not-found/). I am following the tutorial...
View ArticleHow do I use catkin in a directory containing a space character?
I'm trying to use catkin in a directory that contains a space, when pressing `TAB` to trigger the tab completion the script fails: ```~/SpiderOak Hive/catkin_workspace/devel$ roslaunch...
View ArticleUsing git for version control with catkin (added>>>) and Eclipse
I am new to ROS, catkin, and git. I'm trying to setup my system properly for version control, and for working on my laptop and desktop machines using a central git repository. I found an question and...
View ArticleCompiling and adding a static library
Hello, I have a question regarding a library. I want to use a library within my catkin package (I use jade). With the following structure: In the src folder of my project I have added the library...
View ArticleROS using C++ 11 & How to Use With Catkin?
Is ROS compiled using c++ 11 with catkin? I suspect not since I am getting an error trying to use {} initializer for a vector, i.e. c++98...must be initialized... For at least my builds where in the...
View ArticleMoveIt Setup Assistant ROS Jade
What is the preferred method for installing the MoveIt Setup Assistant with ROS Jade? Do I need to build from source? Thanks.
View ArticleCMakeLists.txt vs package.xml
Hi all, I have been using ROS for a bit more than a year now and there is still something I cannot understand in the relation between the CMakeLists.txt used and the extra catkin-specific information...
View ArticleCmake Project to Catkin
Hey every one, I have the following folder structure of a pure cmake project: projectfolder/ - code/ ... - build/ ... - cmake/ CompilerOptions.cmake ... - other/ ... which can be compiled by the...
View ArticleOptional ROS package (and catkin) dependencies
Is there (going to be) support for specifying optional dependencies for ROS packages in both package.xml and CMakeLists.txt? Rationale: I do some optional resource generation during the build process...
View ArticleCMake compiles executable before generating message libraries
Hello, I face the problem that I get an compiling error while compiling something that is for example using a custom service. The error is that it can't find the headerfile or library that should be...
View Articlenode outside catkin workspace
Hi everybody, I have a complex application in which I would like to integrate ROS, so as to make a ros node out of it an be able to send messages, call services... This application is complex and heavy...
View ArticleProblem creating Ros package and use library.a
Hi everyone!! My problem is this: i have a library "libRover.a" obtained compiling some .h and .cpp files with : cmake . make Now i want in some way, create a ros package that use this library and...
View ArticleExport a CMake project into Catkin(ROS)
Hi, i had a library compiled with cMake , and a .cpp executable that use this library. The building and running is made without the use of catkin or ros architecture. I would like to import this...
View Articlehaving to compile msgs and srvs first
Hi all, I'm working with a large stack that includes some custom ROS messages and services. Every time I try to compile from scratch, catkin yells at me about not knowing where certain message header...
View Articlelibrary dependencies
I have a catkin library that I'm trying to edit the CMakeLists.txt file for so it builds a package containing services before it compiles the package. I just learned that in order to do this for a...
View Articlepre / post build events in catkin
Hi all, Is there a way to specify to catkin that it should perform some custom tasks before/after doing its jobs? Like a pre/post build event in a build system... I actually need to declare...
View ArticleWhat for catkin needs to link to librt (realtime extension)?
(Setting aside my knowledge about build system is limited,) There's a macro in catkin:...
View Articlecatkin_create_package TypeError
Hello, I'm trying to create a simple catkin package, but I'm getting a strange error that I could not find an answer on the forum or google. This is what I get: ariel@ariel-GT70:~/catkin_ws/src$...
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