ROS Resources: Documentation | Support | Discussion Forum | Index | Service Status | ros @ Robotics Stack Exchange
Ask Your Question

Revision history [back]

Some ROS packages are just wrappers for third part libraries. When you first build them, they go out and download the code (either an archive or source checkout), unpack it, apply any patches and finally compile. That first step requires internet access.

Some ROS packages are just wrappers for third part third-party libraries. When you first build them, they go out and download the code (either an archive or source checkout), unpack it, apply any patches and finally compile. That first step requires internet access.