How to link to third party library ?

asked 2012-07-30 04:29:50 -0600

Erwan R.

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updated 2014-01-28 17:13:11 -0600

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Hello

I'm still working on the communication between ROS electric and Promethe Neural Network simulator and I'm trying to rosmake a node that includes Promethe C functions. I'm using the following CMakeLists.txt :

I can rosmake witjout error but I get :

[rosmake-0] Finished <<< promROS_connector [SKIP] No rule to make target None

And no executable in bin/ . I would know if my CMakeLists is correct and what I exactly have to use to compile with third party C compiled libraries. The ~/simulateur is in ROS_PACKAGE_PATH.

Thanks for reading and answering.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)
include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake)

# Set the build type.  Options are:
#  Coverage       : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization, w/ code-coverage
#  Debug          : w/ debug symbols, w/o optimization
#  Release        : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization
#  RelWithDebInfo : w/ debug symbols, w/ optimization
#  MinSizeRel     : w/o debug symbols, w/ optimization, stripped binaries
#set(ROS_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo)

rosbuild_init()

#set the default path for built executables to the "bin" directory
set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
#set the default path for built libraries to the "lib" directory
set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)

#uncomment if you have defined messages
rosbuild_genmsg()
#uncomment if you have defined services
#rosbuild_gensrv()

#common commands for building c++ executables and libraries

#****************** INCLUDES **************************

include_directories(~/simulateur/prom_user/include)

include_directories(~/simulateur/libcomm/include)
include_directories(~/simulateur/libcomm/include/protocol/virtual)

include_directories(~/simulateur/prom_tools/include)
include_directories(~/simulateur/prom_kernel/include)
include_directories(~/simulateur/shared/include)

#*******************************************************

link_directories(~/simulateur/lib/Linux/comm)
rosbuild_add_executable(prom2ROS src/prom_to_ROS.cpp)
target_link_libraries(prom2ROS ~/simulateur/lib/Linux/comm/libcomm_debug)

EDIT :

After using :

 target_link_libraries(prom2ROS libcomm_debug)

the error is :

   Linking CXX executable ../bin/prom2ROS
   /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llibcomm_debug
   collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Does I have to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to allow ld to find the libcomm_debug (it is now empty - libcomm_debug is a .a static library) ?

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Does target_link_libraries(prom2ROS -lcomm_debug) work? (libcomm_debug is already prebuild?)

dornhege ( 2012-07-30 04:34:20 -0600 )edit

Also, what is: promROS_connector? The ~/simulateur doesn't need to be in the package path as it is not a ROS package (right? otherwise you should like via export flags in the manifest)

dornhege ( 2012-07-30 04:35:40 -0600 )edit

@dornhege: remove the '-l' prefix, that should work. CMake expects library names in target_link_libraries, it is not a direct replacement for what you'd write in a linking statement for ld, as CMake performs dependency resolution on the listed libraries.

ipso ( 2012-07-30 04:43:30 -0600 )edit

Yes, that's nicer.

dornhege ( 2012-07-30 05:24:00 -0600 )edit

target_link_libraries(prom2ROS libcomm_debug) is better in the sense that it throw an error - I'm editing the message for more details. Thanks for help.

Erwan R. ( 2012-07-30 05:26:07 -0600 )edit

@Erwan R.: see my edit, I forgot to remove the lib prefix.

ipso ( 2012-07-30 05:39:49 -0600 )edit

Done, it works ! Many many thanks !

Erwan R. ( 2012-07-30 05:46:30 -0600 )edit

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answered 2012-07-30 04:36:52 -0600

ipso
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updated 2012-07-30 05:37:01 -0600

target_link_libraries(prom2ROS ~/simulateur/lib/Linux/comm/libcomm_debug)

This is probably what isn't working for you. You've already specified the library search path with:

link_directories(~/simulateur/lib/Linux/comm)

target_link_libraries now needs the individual library names you want to link, without the paths. This:

target_link_libraries(prom2ROS comm_debug)

would probably be enough.

Besides that, there some things I'd do differently:

don't use relative paths, they are dependent on the cwd, which is fragile (not in this case, but in general they are)
try to use an existing FindXXX script (or write one, in this case for the libraries and include paths of your simulator)
if not available / desirable / possible, try to use find_library, find_path, etc, instead of hard coding their locations

EDIT: Oops, forgot to remove the lib prefix from the library. Updated my answer above.

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If you are a bit daring, you could also build your library with cmake and then you should be able to include that directly with catkin.

dornhege ( 2012-07-30 05:23:18 -0600 )edit

I'm gonna check for these find methods. That would be better than theses explicit paths (but the simulator is usually installed at user's root, even if it could change). May the "~ " be also a problem ?

Erwan R. ( 2012-07-30 05:35:50 -0600 )edit

In that case I'd advise to use "the intended" method, whatever that is, for users to discover the library. If it is installed system-wide, as a normal package, standard include/linker paths might suffice.

dornhege ( 2012-07-30 23:52:20 -0600 )edit

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