Error during Compilation: cannot find -lpose_utils

[mzahana]

Hi.
I am trying to compile this package using catkin build. Environment is Ubuntu 18 with ROS melodic. I am getting the following error. Could you please give some hints on how to solve this?
Thanks

Errors     << so3_disturbance_generator:make /home/aaal/catkin_ws/logs/so3_disturbance_generator/build.make.000.log                                                                                                                   
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpose_utils
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [/home/aaal/catkin_ws/devel/lib/so3_disturbance_generator/so3_disturbance_generator] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/so3_disturbance_generator.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

[ZbyLGsc]

You may try compiling the pose_utils packange in the Utils folder, before compiling this so3_disturbance_generator.

[mzahana]

I tried

catkin build pose_utils

and

cd path/to/pose_utils
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make && sudo make install
cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin build

I am still getting the same error

Errors     << so3_disturbance_generator:make /home/aaal/catkin_ws/logs/so3_disturbance_generator/build.make.003.log
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpose_utils
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

EDIT
Here is my catkin_ws configuration in case it helps in debugging the issue.

Profile:                     default
Extending:        [explicit] /opt/ros/melodic
Workspace:                   /home/aaal/catkin_ws
---------------------------------------------------------
Build Space:        [exists] /home/aaal/catkin_ws/build
Devel Space:        [exists] /home/aaal/catkin_ws/devel
Install Space:      [unused] /home/aaal/catkin_ws/install
Log Space:          [exists] /home/aaal/catkin_ws/logs
Source Space:       [exists] /home/aaal/catkin_ws/src
DESTDIR:            [unused] None
---------------------------------------------------------
Devel Space Layout:          merged
Install Space Layout:        None
---------------------------------------------------------
Additional CMake Args:       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
Additional Make Args:        None
Additional catkin Make Args: None
Internal Make Job Server:    True
Cache Job Environments:      False
---------------------------------------------------------
Whitelisted Packages:        None
Blacklisted Packages:        None

[ZbyLGsc]

This could happen because we have not tested the package on melodic.
Someone seems to have fixed this problem in the pull request, and you may refer to #6.
Basically it change some linking targets related to pose_utils in CMakeLists

[ZbyLGsc]

@mzahana Another possible reason is that you use catkin build instead of catkin_make, which also has not been tested yet. The catkin build is a more updated tools that builds each package in a workspace’s source space in isolation in order to prevent build-time cross-talk. This may cause linking problem between the packages. I STRONGLY recommend you to create a new workspace and use catkin_make as stated in the readme.

[patrickpoirier51]

Hello @mzahana :-)

It works OK with catkin build under Bionic and Melodic

The answers are in the PR
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/Fast-Planner/pulls

[mzahana]

@ZbyLGsc thanks for the suggestions, the pr you mentioned worked for me.

@patrickpoirier51 nice to meet you again :) and yes that PR compiled with me.