ROS的包编译有两种方法（我知道的），一种是用rosmake，这种方法简单；另一种是用catkin_make，这种方法更方便包的管理和开发。这两种方法都是先建立工作空间workspace（类似于vs下的解决方案，用来管理很多的项目），然后建立包package（类似于vs下的项目），最后利用rosmake或者catkin_make进行编译和运行。学会第一种方式，再去学习第二种就很简单了。源码附在每个小节的后面。
1、rosmake编译包package
1.1、创建工作空间
在开始具体工作之前，首先创建工作空间，并且为工作空间设置环境变量到~/.bashrc中，如果要查看已有的空间路径，可以用查询命令
$ echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH你将会看到如下的信息：
/home/horsetail/dev/rosbook:/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/jade/share:/opt/ros/jade/stacks
这里的创建空间实际上就是先建立一个文件夹，然后把文件夹的路径设置到环境变量~/.bashrc中。例如我们这里创建目录~/dev/rosbook作为工作空间。
首先执行命令：
$ cd ~ $ mkdir -p dev/rosbook
然后将创建的路径加入到环境变量中，执行如下命令：
$ echo "export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=~/dev/rosbook:${ROS_PACKAGE_PATH}" >> ~/.bashrc $ . ~/.bashrc
这样，我们就完成了工作空间的配置，注意：ROS安装的时候，一定要把ROS的环境变量也加到~/.bashrc中。这里还需要把ROS。接下来就是在这个空间下创建包了。
1.2、创建包
可以手动创建包，但是非常的繁琐，为了方便，最好使用roscreate-pkg命令行工具，该命令行的格式如下：
roscreate-pkg [package_name] [depend1] [depend2] [depend3] ...
命令行包含了要创建包的名字，依赖包。
我们的例子中，创建一个叫mypacakge1的 新包，命令如下：
$ cd ~/dev/rosbook
$ roscreate-pkg mypackage1 std_msgs roscpp rospy过一会弹出如下的信息，表示创建成功：
Created package directory /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1 Created include directory /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/include/mypackage1 Created cpp source directory /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/src Created package file /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/Makefile Created package file /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/manifest.xml Created package file /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/CMakeLists.txt Created package file /home/horsetail/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/mainpage.dox Please edit mypackage1/manifest.xml and mainpage.dox to finish creating your package
好了这样就完成了包的创建，我们发现在mypackage1的目录下有一个src文件夹，我们接下来就是网这里添加源程序了。
1.3、代码编辑和编译
参考ROS官方网站的教程，我们编写一个编写简单的消息发布器和订阅器 (C++)，即编写俩个源文件talker.cpp和listener.cpp，并将他们保存到~/dev/rosbook/mypackage1/src目录中。
代码理解可以参考ROS_wiki：http://wiki.ros.org/cn/ROS/Tutorials/WritingPublisherSubscriber%28c%2B%2B%29
发布器就是一个说话者talker，/mypackage1/srctalker.cpp代码如下：
#include "ros/ros.h" #include "std_msgs/String.h" #include <sstream> int main(int argc, char **argv) { ros::init(argc, argv, "talker"); ros::NodeHandle n; ros::Publisher chatter_pub = n.advertise<std_msgs::String>("chatter", 1000); ros::Rate loop_rate(10); int count = 0; while (ros::ok()) { std_msgs::String msg; std::stringstream ss; ss << "hello world " << count; msg.data = ss.str(); ROS_INFO("%s", msg.data.c_str());
chatter_pub.publish(msg); ros::spinOnce(); loop_rate.sleep(); ++count; } return 0; }
订阅者就是一个听话人listener，他不停地接受talker广播出来的消息，并显示到屏幕上，/mypackage1/srclistener.cpp的代码为：
include "ros/ros.h" #include "std_msgs/String.h"
void chatterCallback(const std_msgs::String::ConstPtr& msg) { ROS_INFO("I heard: [%s]", msg->data.c_str()); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { ros::init(argc, argv, "listener"); ros::NodeHandle n; ros::Subscriber sub = n.subscribe("chatter", 1000, chatterCallback); ros::spin(); return 0; }
好了，把上面的源文件放到mypackage1/src下就可以了。
接下来，要告诉编译器如何去找到这两个文件。你需要打开mypackage1/CMakeLists.txt，在文件的末尾添加两行命令：
rosbuild_add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp)
添加后的文件结构是这样的：
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 ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib) #uncomment if you have defined messages rosbuild_genmsg() #uncomment if you have defined services rosbuild_gensrv() #common commands for building c++ executables and libraries #rosbuild_add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} src/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} another_library) #rosbuild_add_boost_directories() #rosbuild_link_boost(${PROJECT_NAME} thread) #rosbuild_add_executable(example examples/example.cpp) #target_link_libraries(example ${PROJECT_NAME}) rosbuild_add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) rosbuild_add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp)
万事具备，这样我们就可用rosmake命令来编译这个mypackage1包了。执行下面的命令：
$ rosmake mypackage1
输出下面的信息：
horsetail@horsetail-book:~$ roscore ... logging to /home/horsetail/.ros/log/6eae5b9c-628d-11e5-8bd7-3859f9722953/roslaunch-horsetail-book-6447.log Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile. Press Ctrl-C to interrupt Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB. started roslaunch server http://horsetail-book:44362/ ros_comm version 1.11.13 SUMMARY ======== PARAMETERS * /rosdistro: jade * /rosversion: 1.11.13 NODES auto-starting new master process[master]: started with pid [6459] ROS_MASTER_URI=http://horsetail-book:11311/
...(内容太长了，省去)
[ rosmake ] Results: [ rosmake ] Built 26 packages with 0 failures. [ rosmake ] Summary output to directory [ rosmake ] /home/horsetail/.ros/rosmake/rosmake_output-20150924-164014
哇，编译通过，大家注意到实际上也是用catkin进行编译的，额。我们来运行一下吧。
1.4、运行
首先打开一个新的终端，启动初始化ROS，执行命令：
$ roscore
然后再打开一个新的终端，启动talker节点，执行命令：
$ rosrun mypackage1 talker
然后再打开一个新的终端，启动listener节点，执行命令：
$ rosrun mypackage1 listener
这个时候，可以看到listener的窗口不断的接收到数据，如下图所示：
[ INFO] [1443085572.809193925]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085572.909233411]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.009267370]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.109118292]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.209204095]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.309314244]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.409269818]: I heard:[I am the talker node] [ INFO] [1443085573.509309147]: I heard:[I am the talker node]
这说明talker广播的消息是能够被listener接收到的，因此程序可以正常运行了。好了，至此基于rosmake的编译和运行完成了。
1.5、源码
最后，附上源码：dev.tar.gz
2、catkin_make编译包package
catkin命令创建工作空间和包相对要复杂些，但是熟悉以后对项目的管理是非常有利的，因此官方也建议使用第二种方式。
2.1、创建工作空间
在开始具体工作之前，首先创建工作空间，并且为工作空间设置环境变量到~/.bashrc中，如果要查看已有的空间路径，可以用查询命令
$ echo $ROS_PACKAGE_PATH你将会看到如下的信息：
/home/horsetail/dev/rosbook:/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/src:/opt/ros/jade/share:/opt/ros/jade/stacks
这里的创建空间实际上就是先建立一个文件夹，然后把文件夹的路径设置到环境变量~/.bashrc中。例如我们这里创建目录~/dev/rosbook作为工作空间，和第一种方法类似。
下面我们开始创建一个catkin 工作空间：
$ mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src $ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
即使这个工作空间是空的（在'src'目录中没有任何软件包，只有一个CMakeLists.txt链接文件），你依然可以“build”它：
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/
$ catkin_make
接下来首先source一下新生成的setup.*sh文件，把它加入环境变量到~/.bashrc文件中：
$ source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
到此你的工作空间环境已经搭建完成
2.2、创建包
首先切换到之前创建的catkin工作空间中的src目录下：
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src现在使用catkin_create_pkg命令来创建一个名为'mypackage1'的新程序包，这个程序包依赖于std_msgs、roscpp和rospy：
$ catkin_create_pkg mypackage1 std_msgs rospy roscpp
这将会创建一个名为beginner_tutorials的文件夹，这个文件夹里面包含一个package.xml文件和一个CMakeLists.txt文件，这两个文件都已经自动包含了部分你在执行catkin_create_pkg命令时提供的信息。
和第一种方法类似类似，把1.3节中的两个talker.cpp和listener.cpp拷贝到mypackage1/src下。
接下来，要告诉编译器如何去找到这两个文件。你需要打开mypackage1/CMakeLists.txt，在文件的末尾添加命令：
include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}) add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) target_link_libraries(talker ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp) target_link_libraries(listener ${catkin_LIBRARIES})
整理后的mypackage/CMakeLists.txt内容结构如下：
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3) project(mypackage1) ## Find catkin and any catkin packages find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS roscpp rospy std_msgs) ## Declare ROS messages and services #add_message_files(FILES Num.msg)#默认是不注释掉的，编译会出错 #add_service_files(FILES AddTwoInts.srv)#默认是不注释掉的，编译会出错 ## Generate added messages and services #generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES std_msgs)#默认是不注释掉的，编译会出错 ## Declare a catkin package catkin_package() ## Build talker and listener include_directories(include ${catkin_INCLUDE_DIRS}) add_executable(talker src/talker.cpp) target_link_libraries(talker ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) add_dependencies(talker beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp) add_executable(listener src/listener.cpp) target_link_libraries(listener ${catkin_LIBRARIES}) add_dependencies(listener beginner_tutorials_generate_messages_cpp)
注意：CMakeLists.txt中的有三那个命令是保留的:
## Declare ROS messages and services
#add_message_files(FILES Num.msg)
#add_service_files(FILES AddTwoInts.srv)
## Generate added messages and services
#generate_messages(DEPENDENCIES std_msgs)这是关于服务消息方面的，这个项目中并没有用到，因此必须要注释掉，否则编译会出现错误如下：
Base path: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws Source space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/src Build space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build Devel space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel Install space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/install #### #### Running command: "make cmake_check_build_system" in "/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build" #### -- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel -- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/jade -- This workspace overlays: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/jade -- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python -- Using Debian Python package layout -- Using empy: /usr/bin/empy -- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON -- Call enable_testing() -- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build/test_results -- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/gtest': gtests will be built -- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests-2.7 -- catkin 0.6.14 -- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ~~ traversing 1 packages in topological order: -- ~~ - mypackage1 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- +++ processing catkin package: 'mypackage1' -- ==> add_subdirectory(mypackage1) CMake Error at mypackage1/CMakeLists.txt:8 (add_message_files): Unknown CMake command "add_message_files". -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log". See also "/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log". make: *** [cmake_check_build_system] 错误 1
这个错误也折腾了我一阵子，以此铭记之。
好了，接下来就是编译它了。
2.3、编译
catkin_make 是一个命令行工具，它简化了catkin的标准工作流程。你可以认为catkin_make是在CMake标准工作流程中依次调用了cmake 和 make。
使用方法:
# 在catkin工作空间下
$ catkin_make [make_targets] [-DCMAKE_VARIABLES=...]记得事先source你的环境配置(setup)文件，在Ubuntu中的操作指令如下：
$ source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash
切换到catkin workspace ：
$ cd ~/catkin_ws/
执行编译:
$ catkin_make
输出如下编译信息：
Base path: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws Source space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/src Build space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build Devel space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel Install space: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/install #### #### Running command: "make cmake_check_build_system" in "/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build" #### -- Using CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel -- Using CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/jade -- This workspace overlays: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel;/opt/ros/jade -- Using PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/python -- Using Debian Python package layout -- Using empy: /usr/bin/empy -- Using CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING: ON -- Call enable_testing() -- Using CATKIN_TEST_RESULTS_DIR: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build/test_results -- Found gtest sources under '/usr/src/gtest': gtests will be built -- Using Python nosetests: /usr/bin/nosetests-2.7 -- catkin 0.6.14 -- BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is on -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ~~ traversing 1 packages in topological order: -- ~~ - mypackage1 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- +++ processing catkin package: 'mypackage1' -- ==> add_subdirectory(mypackage1) -- Configuring done -- Generating done -- Build files have been written to: /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build #### #### Running command: "make -j4 -l4" in "/home/horsetail/catkin_ws/build" #### Scanning dependencies of target talker Scanning dependencies of target listener [ 50%] Building CXX object mypackage1/CMakeFiles/listener.dir/src/listener.cpp.o [100%] Building CXX object mypackage1/CMakeFiles/talker.dir/src/talker.cpp.o Linking CXX executable /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel/lib/mypackage1/talker [100%] Built target talker Linking CXX executable /home/horsetail/catkin_ws/devel/lib/mypackage1/listener [100%] Built target listener
恭喜编译成功了，接下来可以尝下先。
2.4、运行
运行的步骤和1.3是一样的，请参阅1.3的详细描述。因为按照两种方法编译了两个相同的包名和节点，因此在启动时会提示选择哪一个节点进行运行，按照提示选择即可。
2.5、源码
最后，附上源码：catkin_ws.tar.gz
参考资料
[1]. Aaron Martinez Enrique Fern andez, ROS机器人程序设计[B], P14-42, 2014.