How to tell rosdep to skip installing package (installing ROS from source)? [closed]
So I try to install ROS from source but rosdep seems to ask me to install several library dependencies inclusing libqt and libpcl-1.8 even when these libraries are already installed (Qt5 and pcl-1.9 was built from source, and installed to /opt/Qt5/ and /usr/local/include/pcl-1.9/ respectively).
w@laptop:~/mylib$ cd ros_catkin_ws/
w@laptop:~/mylib/ros_catkin_ws$ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro kinetic
executing command [sudo -H apt-get install libqt5widgets5]
[sudo] password for w:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
cmake-data libjsoncpp1
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5svg5
Suggested packages:
libqt5libqgtk2 qt5-image-formats-plugins qtwayland5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5svg5 libqt5widgets5
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
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How should I tell rosdep to skip these libraries, use the ones already installed instead, or pass Qt5 and pcl-1.9 path to rosdep (similar to the way we pass CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to CMake)?
I believe this is answered in #q188398.
If so, please close this question as a duplicate.
To make it extra clear: you specify a list of dependencies that
rosdepshould ignore by adding--skip-keysto the command line you use to invoke it. Be sure to listrosdepkeys, not package names used by Ubuntu/Debian/Your OS.See also the documentation.
Thanks for pointing me out. I will keep this question open for a couple of days before closing it too early; will try that solution and see if it works.