Won't build with catkin_make

[dorianclay]

The canros package was failing to build on my device with the README-recommended $ catkin build, which was not a command. Thus, I had to resort to $ catkin_make. However, this didn't work either. Here's what I did:

Cloned directory according to README:

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/MonashUAS/canros

The standard $ catkin build returned:

catkin: command not found

So, I did:

$ cd ~/catkin_ws
$ catkin_make --force-cmake

However, there was a CMake error:

add_message_files() directory not found:
/home/USER/catkin_ws/src/canros/msg

So, I made a /msg directory:

$ mkdir ~/catkin_ws/src/canros/msg

Running the same catkin_make command again returned another error. This time:

add_service_files() directory not found:
/home/USER/catkin_ws/src/canros/srv

This time I made a /srv directory:

$ mkdir ~/catkin_ws/src/canros/srv

Then it built.

[JamesStewy]

$ catkin build, which was not a command

catkin build is a part of catkin tools (installation instructions).

I would prefer to keep canros using catkin-tools rather than catkin_make as imo it is much better.