ROS catkin_make executable is not generated in devel - executable

I created a ROS package and added to the CMakeLists.txt the relevant lines to create an executable.
add_executable(exe_name src/file.cpp)
target_link_libraries(exe_name $LIBRARIES)
When I run catkin_make in the root of the workspace the executable is generated in WORKSPACE/build/PACKAGE_NAME/
instead of in
WORKSPACE/devel/lib/PACKAGE_NAME/
The problem is now when I run rosrun PACKAGE_NAME exe_name the executable name (exe_name) is not found. Any ideas why this might happen?
Edit - added the complete CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(flea3ros)
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
roscpp
rospy
std_msgs
sensor_msgs
cv_bridge
image_transport
)
find_package(OpenCV 2)
include_directories(
${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
/usr/include/flycapture
)
add_executable(flea3syncros src/asyncRos.cpp)
add_executable(flea3ros src/GigEGrabEx.cpp)
add_executable(flea3config src/GigEConfig.cpp)
add_executable(saveImages src/save_images.cpp)
target_link_libraries(flea3ros ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBS} flycapture)
target_link_libraries(flea3syncros ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBS} flycapture)
target_link_libraries(flea3config ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBS} flycapture)
target_link_libraries(saveImages ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${OpenCV_LIBS})

The catkin_package macro is missing in your CMakeLists.txt. Add this after the find_package section:
###################################
## 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 you 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 compute_cdist
# CATKIN_DEPENDS roscpp visualization_msgs robot_model_helper compute_cdist
# DEPENDS assimp Eigen mlpack
)
(You can remove the comments of course, I just copied the whole block so that the description is contained)

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cmake : Boost, plog and other packages not found. Packages installed via vcpkg

I am building a cross-platform project using cmake in Visual Studios 2022 Community Edition.
I am unable to include library headers files and linker files.
Error
1> [CMake] Could NOT find Boost (missing: Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
Top-level CMake project file
# CMakeList.txt : Top-level CMake project file, do global configuration
# and include sub-projects here.
#
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.8)
# Set vcpkg library path
set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE C:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
project ("Test")
# Include sub-projects.
add_subdirectory ("Test")
CMake project for Test
# CMakeList.txt : CMake project for Test, include source and define
# project specific logic here.
#
# Set to C++20 standard
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
#set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
# Set to C17 standard
set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 17)
set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
#add library packages
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON) # only find static libs
set(Boost_USE_DEBUG_LIBS OFF) # ignore debug libs and
set(Boost_USE_RELEASE_LIBS ON) # only find release libs
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR "C:\\vcpkg\\installed\\x64-windows-static\\include\\boost")
find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
if(Boost_FOUND)
message(${Boost_VERSION_STRING})
include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
target_link_libraries(Test ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
endif()
find_package(pystring REQUIRED)
find_package(plog REQUIRED)
# Add source to this project's executable.
add_executable (Test main.cpp common.cpp MqttClient.cpp Protocol.cpp SerialPort.cpp)
if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.12)
set_property(TARGET Test PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 20)
endif()
# TODO: Add s and install targets if needed.

Running a python script at build time in CMake, requires no dependencies

I have a python script h2py.py that converts a header file .hpp to .py file.
I want this python script to be run every time I build my project with CMake.
There is no other project or file that has a dependency on the file generated by the script.
So far I have tried this:
find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
add_custom_target(
run ALL
COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/converter/h2py.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/converter/
COMMENT "Converting .hpp file to .py file"
)
add_dependencies(converter run)
But this does not generate the .py equivalent of the .hpp file (specified within the script)
EDIT : When I run the python script h2py.py in a terminal, it generates the .py eqvivalent of the .hpp file, just as intended. But it does not generate the .py file when I run the CMake file.
This is the whole CMake file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(converter)
set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE release)
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
roscpp
geometry_msgs
eigen_conversions
std_msgs
tf_conversions
tf
genmsg
message_generation
sensor_msgs
rospy
gazebo_msgs
)
catkin_package(
#DEPENDS Eigen libpcl-all-dev gnuplot
CATKIN_DEPENDS roscpp sensor_msgs tf_conversions tf geometry_msgs message_generation
INCLUDE_DIRS include
LIBRARIES ${PROJECT_NAME}
)
###########
## Build ##
###########
## Specify additional locations of header fils
## Your package locations should be listed before other locations
include_directories(
include
${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)
## Declare a C++ library
add_library(${PROJECT_NAME}
src/${PROJECT_NAME}/motion_covariance.cpp
src/${PROJECT_NAME}/tf_utils.cpp
)
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} )
find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
add_custom_target(
run ALL
COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/converter/h2py.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/converter/
COMMENT "Converting .hpp file to .py file"
)
add_dependencies(converter run)
As per #Tsyvarev's comment, problem was solved by setting the WORKING_DIRECTORY option to the add_custom_command!

Combining two CMakeLists.txt file (ROS and Libtorch)

I am trying to combine two CMakeLists.txt files to compile a C++ program that has both ROS and Libtorch dependencies. The individual files are provided below:
Libtorch CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0 FATAL_ERROR)
project(example-app)
find_package(Torch REQUIRED)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${TORCH_CXX_FLAGS}")
add_executable(example-app example-app.cpp)
target_link_libraries(example-app "${TORCH_LIBRARIES}")
set_property(TARGET example-app PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
# The following code block is suggested to be used on Windows.
# According to https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/25457,
# the DLLs need to be copied to avoid memory errors.
if (MSVC)
file(GLOB TORCH_DLLS "${TORCH_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/*.dll")
add_custom_command(TARGET example-app
POST_BUILD
COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
${TORCH_DLLS}
$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:example-app>)
endif (MSVC)
I found this here: https://pytorch.org/cppdocs/installing.html
ROS CMakeListis.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(fly_bot_cpp)
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
roscpp
rospy
std_msgs
geometry_msgs
tf
gazebo_msgs
)
include_directories(
include
${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)
add_executable(example src/example.cpp)
target_link_libraries(example ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
The program example-app.cpp has both libraries of ROS and LibTorch.
So here is what i tried to do:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
project(fly_bot_cpp)
set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="home/jarvis/libtorch;/opt/ros/melodic")
find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
roscpp
std_msgs
geometry_msgs
tf
rospy
message_generation
)
find_package(Torch REQUIRED)
include_directories(
include
${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}
${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
)
add_executable(test_quad src/test_quad.cpp)
target_link_libraries(test_quad ${catkin_LIBRARIES} "${TORCH_LIBRARIES}")
set_property(TARGET test_quad PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
The code test_quad.cpp (previously referred to as example-app.cpp) contains ros header files and torch header files:
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include <torch/torch.h>
.
.
.
However, I get the following error.
fatal error: torch/torch.h: No such file or directory
#include <torch/torch.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Can someone please help me out??
Thank you so much.
Remove the quotes around ${TORCH_LIBRARIES} in your target_link_libraries.
The line should look like this
target_link_libraries(test_quad ${catkin_LIBRARIES} ${TORCH_LIBRARIES})
This should resolve the torch header.
Please also take a look at this post to find some more answers to where you might get stuck in the future-https://answers.ros.org/question/347885/combining-cmakeliststxt-of-libtorch-and-cmakeliststxt-of-ros-package/#
I hope this answer is helpful to someone new coming onboard to ros and libtorch :)

Include these variables into cmake

This scientific application I am using uses cmake to build its program. Attached is the CMakeLists.txt:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
set(PROJECT_NAME myproject)
project(${PROJECT_NAME})
# Set verbose output while testing CMake
#set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE 1)
# Set CMake behavior
cmake_policy(SET CMP0004 OLD)
# Get DOLFIN configuration data (DOLFINConfig.cmake must be in
# DOLFIN_CMAKE_CONFIG_PATH)
find_package(DOLFIN)
# Need to get VTK config because VTK uses advanced VTK features which
# mean it's not enough to just link to the DOLFIN target. See
# http://www.vtk.org/pipermail/vtk-developers/2013-October/014402.html
find_package(VTK HINTS ${VTK_DIR} $ENV{VTK_DIR} NO_MODULE QUIET)
# Default build type (can be overridden by user)
if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo" CACHE STRING
"Choose the type of build, options are: Debug MinSizeRel Release RelWithDebInfo." FORCE)
endif()
# Compiler definitions
add_definitions(${DOLFIN_CXX_DEFINITIONS})
# Compiler flags
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${DOLFIN_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
# Include directories
include_directories(${DOLFIN_INCLUDE_DIRS})
include_directories(SYSTEM ${DOLFIN_3RD_PARTY_INCLUDE_DIRS})
# Executable
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
# Target libraries
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${DOLFIN_LIBRARIES})
However, I need to include some additional compiler flags and libraries not included within DOLFIN. I need to incorporate this package called PAPI. On my system, the paths/environments are:
PAPI_LIBDIR=/project/cacds/apps/papi/5.4.0/lib
PAPI_INCLUDE=/project/cacds/apps/papi/5.4.0/include
PAPI_FLAG=-lpapi
Normally I would do something like this:
gcc -O3 -o -I myproject $(PAPI_LIBDIR) main.c -L $(PAPI_INCLUDE) $(PAPI_FLAG)
But again I need the additional DOLFIN libraries and third party packages. Pardon me if this is a silly or simple question, but how would I modify the above CMakeLists.txt? I am kind of new to cmake, so any help appreciated, thanks
The cleanest solution would be to create a FindPAPI.cmake. So, add to your project this file inside of a cmake/folder:
FindPAPI.cmake
# Try to find PAPI headers and libraries.
#
# Usage of this module as follows:
#
# find_package(PAPI)
#
# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
# to be set before calling find_package:
#
# PAPI_PREFIX Set this variable to the root installation of
# libpapi if the module has problems finding the
# proper installation path.
#
# Variables defined by this module:
#
# PAPI_FOUND System has PAPI libraries and headers
# PAPI_LIBRARIES The PAPI library
# PAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS The location of PAPI headers
find_path(PAPI_PREFIX
NAMES include/papi.h
)
find_library(PAPI_LIBRARIES
# Pick the static library first for easier run-time linking.
NAMES libpapi.a papi
HINTS ${PAPI_PREFIX}/lib ${HILTIDEPS}/lib
)
find_path(PAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS
NAMES papi.h
HINTS ${PAPI_PREFIX}/include ${HILTIDEPS}/include
)
include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
find_package_handle_standard_args(PAPI DEFAULT_MSG
PAPI_LIBRARIES
PAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS
)
mark_as_advanced(
PAPI_PREFIX_DIRS
PAPI_LIBRARIES
PAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS
)
Then, modify your CMakeLists.txt:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
set(PROJECT_NAME myproject)
project(${PROJECT_NAME})
set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH};${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
find_package(PAPI REQUIRED)
...
# Include directories
include_directories(${DOLFIN_INCLUDE_DIRS})
include_directories(SYSTEM ${DOLFIN_3RD_PARTY_INCLUDE_DIRS})
include_directories(${PAPI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
# Executable
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
# Target libraries
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PAPI_LIBRARIES} ${DOLFIN_LIBRARIES})
I hope it resolves it! ;)

How to check if find_package found the package (boost)

I want to not add boost.cxx if cmake find_package found no boost installed. Does find_package return something that I can wrap in condition to compile boost.cxx or not. Here is my current cmake file:
add_executable (complex complex.cxx lexer.cxx boost.cxx ../../src/lili.cxx ../../src/lilu.cxx)
# Make sure the compiler can find all include files
include_directories (../../src)
include_directories (.)
# Make sure the linker can find all needed libraries
# rt: clock_gettime()
target_link_libraries(complex rt)
# Install example application
install (TARGETS complex
RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
IF(UNIX)
find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem REQUIRED)
## Compiler flags
if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-lsqlite3 -lrt -lpthread")
endif()
target_link_libraries(complex
${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
#${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY}
)
ENDIF(UNIX)
The FindXXX scripts are supposed to set a variable <Packagename>_FOUND to TRUEif the package was found. So in your case, it will set Boost_FOUND if boost was found.
When compiling your Boost.cxx, I assume that you will need Boost headers as well, so you should adjust your include directories as well.*
look for Boost before creating your executable. Furhtermore, you need to set your include directories before adding the executable.
IF(UNIX)
find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem REQUIRED)
# IF( Boost_FOUND ) # checking this variable isnt even necessary, since you added
# REQUIRED to your call to FIND_PACKAGE
SET( BOOST_SRC_FILES boost.cxx )
INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ) # you could move this down as well
# as ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} will be
# empty if Boost was not found
# ENDIF()
ENDIF()
add_executable (complex complex.cxx lexer.cxx ${BOOST_SRC_FILES} ../../src/lili.cxx ../../src/lilu.cxx)
# Make sure the compiler can find all include files
include_directories (../../src)
include_directories (.)
# INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ) # alternative location to
# add include dirs, see above
# Make sure the linker can find all needed libraries
# rt: clock_gettime()
target_link_libraries(complex rt)
# Install example application
install (TARGETS complex
RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
IF(UNIX)
## Compiler flags
if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2")
set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-lsqlite3 -lrt -lpthread")
endif()
target_link_libraries(complex
${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY}
${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
#${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY}
)
ENDIF(UNIX)
Afternote: Since you use the REQUIRED flag when looking for Boost (since you only need it on Unix platform) it is even sufficient to use the optional-source-files-in-a-variable trick.
(*) Thanks to your question, I just found out that it doesn't matter whether include_directories(...) is called before or after creating the target with ADD_EXECUTABLE or ADD_LIBRARY since the directories are added to all targets in the same project.
Yes, if the find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem REQUIRED) succeeds, Boost_FOUND will be true.
Also, there will be component-specific versions, so Boost_date_time_FOUND, Boost_filesystem_FOUND, etc.
For further info, run
cmake --help-module FindBoost
Yes, it sets variable Boost_FOUND. Example from FindBoost.cmake:
== Using actual libraries from within Boost: ==
#
# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
# set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
# find_package( Boost 1.36.0 COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system ... )
#
# if(Boost_FOUND)
# include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
# add_executable(foo foo.cc)
# target_link_libraries(foo ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
# endif()