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Build error when using ament_python ROS 2 package
After adding following line to the setup.py:
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Find all dependencies of a ROS 2 workspace for a source build
I have a project where I use a proprietary library to exchange data with a PLC, therefore I have to use debian as operating system. As a consequence, I have to build the ROS distro from source.
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Error building ROS2 Humble empty python package - Cython
I'm trying to build a simple empty Python package on ROS Humble. I created the package using:
ros2 pkg create test_py --build-type ament_python
Then, I built it ...
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How to run (Google) benchmarks in ROS2
There exists an ament_cmake_google_benchmark package that can help building Google Benchmark tests within ROS2, but I can't find a way to invoke those benchmarks from the command line, e.g. with ...
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ament_target_dependencies not linking an upstream ament package?
Background
Upstream pkg (called rclcpp_sample) provides a library-a.
Downstream pkg (called rclcpp_child_sample) provides an executable that depends on library-a.
Both are ...
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colcon build doesn't generate executables
I am trying to get started with ROS2 Humble and when running colcon build no executable files are created.
My project structure looks like this:
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user334478
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unexpected keyword argument 'package' from launch_testing
I am trying to use launch_testing to create integration tests for my ROS2 node. However, I keep getting the following error:
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msmcconnell
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ROS2 Foxy composable node: Failed to load component due to undefined symbol
Dear all,
I am developing a composable ROS 2 lifecycle node. The node uses another external library in order to execute EtherCAT Master functionalities. I have followed the composition tutorial page:
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Akron
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Catkin seems to be unavailable for Ros2 Foxy
All of the details are right there in the title. I can't seem to get packages without Catkin, ament is included with Foxy but doesn't seem to work with colcon. Another way around this would be how to ...
maxunm
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Role of Ament in ROS 2 package creation
In the Creating Your First ROS2 Package tutorial, the command to create a new Python package is:
ros2 pkg create --build-type ament_python my_package
I'm confused ...
rgov
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ROS2 Windows can't add dependency, fatal error LNK1107: invalid or corrupt file
I am trying to use the ctre phoenix c++ library. This worked fine when using catkin in Ubuntu, but I recently made the switch to ROS2 and am developing in windows, and now I get this error:
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JoelB
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[ROS2] Including a cpp header from another package
Dear fellow developers:
I am a beginner in ROS2. I have designed a library that I want all packages in ROS2 to have access.
This is the warning I get when I try to build. This is causing an error.
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Majed
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Ament Cmake: How to add interface files generated from build step to library
I am working on implementing a client library from swift, utilizing CMake's swift support, and I'm running into issues with interface files. Unlike C/C++, swift interfaces are not declared in source ...
atyshka
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Colcon Build Error with ROS2 Eloquent and Libtorch
Hello. I am trying to build my package with colcon and it has stoped building correctly over the past day and I am not sure why. I have attached the error that colcon emits below. Reading through it ...
mequi
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How to configure ament python linters in CMakeLists?
I have a ROS2 Eloquent C++ package with some python files (for example, python launch scripts) which I would like to lint.
I have the linters included in the packages.xml
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nbbrooks
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ament_cmake_python job
I know that ament_python is for building packages using python's setup.py and (for now) users can not mix ...
aby
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ament_cmake vs ament_python?
I just started learning ros2 and I want to create a new package, and I noticed that it is possible to create a package with 2 different build types, ament_cmake and ament_python. However, I didn't ...
rezenders
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[ROS2] rclcpp linking error and correct way to handle dependencies
Hi,
I'm trying to migrate my ROS 1 libraries to ROS 2 and have some trouble with setting up the packages.
I read the ament CMake documentation and this thread, but I'm still not sure what the ...
hdino
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yaml-cpp in ROS2 linking errors
Hi everybody,
Following problem occurred:
I'm trying to use yaml-cpp in a ROS2 package and it returns loads of linking errors ("undefined reference to ...") I have linked yaml-cpp to the ...
LeoE
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Packaging protobuf files using ament_cmake for ROS2
I'm trying to create an ament package for some protobuf files. Currently I have the cmake in my protobuf related package invoking protoc to generate the C++ and header files. However I feel like I'm ...
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Ament/Colcon: Share variable between package CMakeLists
I want to share a filepath variable between the CMakeLists of two packages.
When I set in the first CMakeLists a variable using ...
Flautz
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How to cleanly handle dependencies in ament?
If I build a library to be used by other ROS 2 developers, what is the way to make it easy to use for downstream packages?
In modern CMake one answer should be exporting targets. This would then allow ...
Martin-Idel
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Unable to include header files from another package
I am trying to create a library package which also includes header files to include from another package, but the other package is not able to find them. The CMakelist.txt from the library package ...
ahlyder
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AMENT versus COLCON Ignore files
Hello!
I was wondering if AMENT_IGNORE files are still being used. I saw there are still some of them in some packages, like RTI Connext
https://github.com/ros2/rmw_connext/blob/master/...
pokitoz
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Difference in build between ament build and ament build --symlink install
Hi, I have an overlay workspace. Once I built it with ament build and ran the corresponding node, it worked fine.
Then I removed the build and install directory and ...
aks
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How to understand the result of the "ros2 topic info /camera/color/image_raw" is 0
When I launch realsense_ros2_camera ,I use ros2 topic info /camera/color/image_raw to print information about the /camera/color/...
RachelRen
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What is colcon build?
I am trying to install ROS2 on windows and suddenly I see the build system has changed from ament build to colcon build. Is this ...
aks
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What is the difference between local_setup.bash and setup.bash
In ROS2, we always source the local_setup.bash while working with the original parent workspace. Now lets say if i create an overlay workspace and create my own ...
aks
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How to use ament_ignore
Lets say in my src directory I have 5 packages wherein I dont want to build one...How can i use ament_ignore ?
ament build --symlink-install --AMENT_IGNORE package5
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aks
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How to achieve launch service or topic in ROS2 TEST?
Hi All,
I'm writing TEST for the company ROS2's project.I learned to launch service or topic via the .test file in ROS,but there is no .test file in ROS2 TEST.I don't know what kind of mechanism can ...
RachelRen
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Identify dependencies when group_depend is involved
I'm trying to navigate the tree of dependencies of some packages in ROS2 but I'm hitting a possible bug.
For normal build_depend and buildtool_depend I can use ament list_dependencies or inspect the ...
amosteo
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CMake error in ROS2
I am trying to create a ROS2 package from scratch, named testpackagecpp and have this CMakeLists.txt :
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aks
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Specifying package build order with Ament
Is there a way to make Ament build packages in a specific order? I have a package set up similar to how the Common Interfaces package is set up in Ardent (like a metapackage) and the packages get ...
Dan.K
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Unable to start the talker node even after sourcing the local_setup.bash file
I installed ROS2 from the following link Linux Development Setup
Even after sourcing the local_setup.bash file i am unable to run
ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker
It says, ros2 : command not found.
As ...
aks
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[ros2] ros2 run [package] [executable] cannot find executable
I have a C++ project which consists of a number of packages that I'm migrating from ROS1 to ROS2; under ROS1 with catkin, I could build the project with catkin_make ...
ipiano
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can ament package depend on catkin package
Is there any clean way of having an ament package depend on a catkin package if, say, their workspaces are different but maybe the ament workspace is an overlay on the catkin workspace? The main ...
jlack
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ROS2 ament overlay issue with messages
I'm working on adding array parameter support for ROS2, and am having trouble with ament.
I've added new types and values here and here.
I then sourced ...
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Minimal ROS2 Python package
How looks the structure and the content of a plain ROS2 library level package? The intent of the package is to encapsulate functionality implemented in Python which can be imported into other ROS2 ...
thinwybk
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Issues with ament CmakeLists
Hello All,
I just started out with ROS 2.0. I have the latest build. I am unsure if I am doing something stupid or missing out something. However, I can’t build these simple files. If I should have ...
arunavanag