How can a single package be selected from a metapackage rather than installing all packages within a metapackage?
Example: Geometry (http://ros.org/wiki/geometry). I only need tf.
Originally posted by TJump on ROS Answers with karma: 160 on 2013-05-07
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If you are using the debian packages, simply install the package instead of the metapackage:
sudo apt-get install ros-groovy-tf
Originally posted by rtoris288 with karma: 1173 on 2013-05-07
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Comment by tfoote on 2013-05-07:
This will only work for catkinized packages.
Comment by TJump on 2013-05-07:
I may have found the issue with this process on a BeagleBone. Apparently there are problems with checking out debian packages onto this ARM device.
Comment by TJump on 2013-05-08:
So how do we get individual "non-catkinized" packages for the ARM processor/BeagleB?
Comment by tfoote on 2013-05-08:
You download them from source and delete the rest.