ROS Basics in C++ Example 2.8

Hello all,

I am currently doing the course stated above, and got stuck in example 2.8.

My understanding for that portion was okay up to 5.

5- Modify the CMakeLists.txt file in order to generate an executable from the C++ file you have just created.

I have done as the tutorial recommended, to add the code below into “CMakeLists.txt”

“add_executable(simple src/simple.cpp)
add_dependencies(simple ${simple_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
target_link_libraries(simple
${catkin_LIBRARIES}
)”

Then compile the package by going to catkin_ws directory and running catkin_make. However, this error comes up when I run catkin_make

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Could someone point me in the right direction please? Please request more info if you need it to better answer my question.

Can you share the CMakeList.txt file you just edited? This will help to get a better idea

Please share the full output of catkin_make; the part you shared did not show the error message.

Sure thing. How do I go about that?

I tried copy pasting the text within the file, and it shows as “new users can only upload 2 links”

I tried uploading a text file of the copy pasted content but the file format was not allowed.

Was this what you meant?

This is my current directory, if something sticks out as being misplaced please do tell.

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  1. Open the CMakeLists,txt file
  2. Once inside, Click on ctrl+A to select all, ctrl+C to copy
  3. Now navigate to the reply section on the forum, press on the button at the top bar with the symbol </> and paste the content you copied. This button conserves the formating, indents etc.

The problem is as stated in the error message:

package name my_package in …/package.xml does not match current PROJECT_NAME my_package_test.

Either

  • you created the package by copying another package - if this, then better create the package from scratch using catkin_create_pkg - or
  • you edited your package.xml and/or CMakeLists.txt wrongly. In this case, please go through these files and make sure the package name is the same in every place where the package name is mentioned.

Bump. To keep this thread open, have not gotten around to fully understand the responses

@Bulat4 what is the issue? Have you followed what @bayodesegun has told you? The error corresponds to what he is saying. You need to correct your package.xml and CMakeLists.txt to fix those compilation errors.

project(my_package_test)

## Compile as C++11, supported in ROS Kinetic and newer
# add_compile_options(-std=c++11)

## Find catkin macros and libraries
## if COMPONENTS list like find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS xyz)
## is used, also find other catkin packages
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
  roscpp
)

## System dependencies are found with CMake's conventions
# find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)


## Uncomment this if the package has a setup.py. This macro ensures
## modules and global scripts declared therein get installed
## See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/user_guide/setup_dot_py.html
# catkin_python_setup()

################################################
## Declare ROS messages, services and actions ##
################################################

## To declare and build messages, services or actions from within this
## package, follow these steps:
## * Let MSG_DEP_SET be the set of packages whose message types you use in
##   your messages/services/actions (e.g. std_msgs, actionlib_msgs, ...).
## * In the file package.xml:
##   * add a build_depend tag for "message_generation"
##   * add a build_depend and a exec_depend tag for each package in MSG_DEP_SET
##   * If MSG_DEP_SET isn't empty the following dependency has been pulled in
##     but can be declared for certainty nonetheless:
##     * add a exec_depend tag for "message_runtime"
## * In this file (CMakeLists.txt):
##   * add "message_generation" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
##     find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ...)
##   * add "message_runtime" and every package in MSG_DEP_SET to
##     catkin_package(CATKIN_DEPENDS ...)
##   * uncomment the add_*_files sections below as needed
##     and list every .msg/.srv/.action file to be processed
##   * uncomment the generate_messages entry below
##   * add every package in MSG_DEP_SET to generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES ...)

## Generate messages in the 'msg' folder
# add_message_files(
#   FILES
#   Message1.msg
#   Message2.msg
# )

## Generate services in the 'srv' folder
# add_service_files(
#   FILES
#   Service1.srv
#   Service2.srv
# )

## Generate actions in the 'action' folder
# add_action_files(
#   FILES
#   Action1.action
#   Action2.action
# )

## Generate added messages and services with any dependencies listed here
# generate_messages(
#   DEPENDENCIES
#   std_msgs  # Or other packages containing msgs
# )

################################################
## Declare ROS dynamic reconfigure parameters ##
################################################

## To declare and build dynamic reconfigure parameters within this
## package, follow these steps:
## * In the file package.xml:
##   * add a build_depend and a exec_depend tag for "dynamic_reconfigure"
## * In this file (CMakeLists.txt):
##   * add "dynamic_reconfigure" to
##     find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ...)
##   * uncomment the "generate_dynamic_reconfigure_options" section below
##     and list every .cfg file to be processed

## Generate dynamic reconfigure parameters in the 'cfg' folder
# generate_dynamic_reconfigure_options(
#   cfg/DynReconf1.cfg
#   cfg/DynReconf2.cfg
# )

###################################
## catkin specific configuration ##
###################################
## The catkin_package macro generates cmake config files for your package
## Declare things to be passed to dependent projects
## INCLUDE_DIRS: uncomment this if your package contains header files
## LIBRARIES: libraries you create in this project that dependent projects also need
## CATKIN_DEPENDS: catkin_packages dependent projects also need
## DEPENDS: system dependencies of this project that dependent projects also need
catkin_package(
#  INCLUDE_DIRS include
#  LIBRARIES my_package_test
#  CATKIN_DEPENDS roscpp
#  DEPENDS system_lib
)

###########
## Build ##
###########

## Specify additional locations of header files
## Your package locations should be listed before other locations
include_directories(
# include
  ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)

## Declare a C++ library
# add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
#   src/${PROJECT_NAME}/my_package_test.cpp
# )

## Add cmake target dependencies of the library
## as an example, code may need to be generated before libraries
## either from message generation or dynamic reconfigure
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})

## Declare a C++ executable
## With catkin_make all packages are built within a single CMake context
## The recommended prefix ensures that target names across packages don't collide
# add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}_node src/my_package_test_node.cpp)

## Rename C++ executable without prefix
## The above recommended prefix causes long target names, the following renames the
## target back to the shorter version for ease of user use
## e.g. "rosrun someones_pkg node" instead of "rosrun someones_pkg someones_pkg_node"
# set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME}_node PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME node PREFIX "")

## Add cmake target dependencies of the executable
## same as for the library above
# add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME}_node ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})

## Specify libraries to link a library or executable target against
# target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}_node
#   ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
# )

add_executable(simple src/simple.cpp)
add_dependencies(simple ${simple_EXPORTED_TARGETS} ${catkin_EXPORTED_TARGETS})
target_link_libraries(simple
   ${catkin_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
#############
## Install ##
#############

# all install targets should use catkin DESTINATION variables
# See http://ros.org/doc/api/catkin/html/adv_user_guide/variables.html

## Mark executable scripts (Python etc.) for installation
## in contrast to setup.py, you can choose the destination
# catkin_install_python(PROGRAMS
#   scripts/my_python_script
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark executables for installation
## See http://docs.ros.org/melodic/api/catkin/html/howto/format1/building_executables.html
# install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}_node
#   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark libraries for installation
## See http://docs.ros.org/melodic/api/catkin/html/howto/format1/building_libraries.html
# install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
#   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
#   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_LIB_DESTINATION}
#   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CATKIN_GLOBAL_BIN_DESTINATION}
# )

## Mark cpp header files for installation
# install(DIRECTORY include/${PROJECT_NAME}/
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_DESTINATION}
#   FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
#   PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
# )

## Mark other files for installation (e.g. launch and bag files, etc.)
# install(FILES
#   # myfile1
#   # myfile2
#   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
# )

#############
## Testing ##
#############

## Add gtest based cpp test target and link libraries
# catkin_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME}-test test/test_my_package_test.cpp)
# if(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME}-test)
#   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}-test ${PROJECT_NAME})
# endif()

## Add folders to be run by python nosetests
# catkin_add_nosetests(test)

type or paste code here

I have done some modifications and am at this stage now.

Majority of the codes are executing but the bottom portion still shows up as error

This was the intended output

type or paste code hereuser catkin_ws $ roslaunch my_package my_package_launch_file.launch
... logging to /home/user/.ros/log/d29014ac-911c-11e6-b306-02f9ff83faab/roslaunch-ip-172-31-30-5-28204.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://ip-172-31-30-5:40504/

SUMMARY
========

PARAMETERS
 * /rosdistro: indigo
 * /rosversion: 1.11.20

NODES
  /
    ObiWan (my_package/simple)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[ObiWan-1]: started with pid [28228]
[ INFO] [1515028076.948011193]: Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope
[ObiWan-1] process has finished cleanly
log file: /home/user/.ros/log/d29014ac-911c-11e6-b306-02f9ff83faab/ObiWan-1*.log
all processes on machine have died, roslaunch will exit
shutting down processing monitor...
... shutting down processing monitor complete
done

This means you haven’t included the node simple correctly in my_package. This can be because it is not added as an executable. Make sure the name you add in CMakelists for your executable is the same, and don’t forget to compile and source again

Hello roalgoal, thanks for your response.

I have found it rather complicated to fix lines within each file and instead chose to start over. I have completed that unit and believe my mistake stemmed from mainly forgetting to compile packages before using roslaunch.

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