Create and Build Follow

Create Follow

The Follow package will depend on messages, Python, and C++ packages.

eepp@tabor:~$ cd ros_workspace

eepp@tabor:ros_workspace$ roscreate-pkg follow std_msgs rospy roscpp
Created package directory /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow
Created include directory /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/include/follow
Created cpp source directory /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/src
Created package file /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/Makefile
Created package file /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/manifest.xml
Created package file /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/CMakeLists.txt
Created package file /home/eepp/ros_workspace/follow/mainpage.dox

Please edit follow/manifest.xml and mainpage.dox to finish creating your package

This will create the follow directory with make files, a source and include directories.

epp@tabor:ros_workspace$ cd follow

eepp@tabor:follow$ ls
CMakeLists.txt  include  mainpage.dox  Makefile  manifest.xml  src

manifest.xml will contain the dependencies listed in the package create command.

eepp@tabor:follow$ cat manifest.xml

<package>
  <description brief="follow">

     follow

  </description>
  <author>Ed C. Epp</author>
  <license>BSD</license>
  <review status="unreviewed" notes=""/>
  <url>http://ros.org/wiki/follow</url>
  <depend package="std_msgs"/>
  <depend package="rospy"/>
  <depend package="roscpp"/>

</package>