Errors when using rosmake

Error: Package build failed

Example:

• [ rosmake ] Output from build of package roscpp written to:
  [ rosmake ]    ~/.ros/rosmake/rosmake_output-20100119-094509/roscpp/build_output.log
  [rosmake-2] <<< roscpp <<< [FAIL] [ 1.95 seconds ]
  [ rosmake ] Halting due to failure in package roscpp.
  [ rosmake ].
  [ rosmake ] Summary output to directory
  [ rosmake ] ~/.ros/rosmake/rosmake_output-20100119-094509

Solution:

• The roscpp package failed to build.
  • Open the log file listed and see what the error was. There are a couple of things which might make it fail.
  • A missing system dependency.
  • A missing dependency
  • A bug in the code

Error: Missing System Dependency

Example:

• ...
  [ rosmake ] Halting due to failure in package roscpp.
  [ rosmake ].
  [ rosmake ] Summary output to directory
  [ rosmake ] /u/tfoote/.ros/rosmake/rosmake_output-20100119-101039
  [ rosmake ] WARNING: Rosdep did not detect the following system dependencies as installed: Did not detect packages: ['graphviz']
   Consider using --rosdep-install option or `rosdep install rxdeps`

Solution:

• Rerun rosmake command with --rosdep-install

• or run rosdep install rxdeps

Error: Declared Dependency Missing

Example: This will appear in your log:

•   [rospack] couldn't find dependency [foo] of [tf]
    [rospack] missing dependency

Solution:

• Add package "foo" to your ROS_PACKAGE_PATH.

Error: Undeclared Dependency

Example: This will appear in your log:

•   ~/ros/pkgs/geometry/tf/include/tf/transform_listener.h:128: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘sensor_msgs’ with no type
    ~/ros/pkgs/geometry/tf/include/tf/transform_listener.h:128: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘...’ before ‘::’ token

Solution:

• Add package "sensor_msgs" as a dependency in your manifest.