Failure to build jsbsim_bridge using catkin

[oricabel]

Hello all! I am currently trying to run the jsbsim simulation using the PX4 jsbsim bridge but during the bulid, one package fails.

input: " $ catkin build jsbsim_bridge "

output: " Failed << jsbsim_bridge:make [ Exited with code 2 ] Failed <<< jsbsim_bridge [ 1.4 seconds ] [build] Summary: 4 of 5 packages succeeded. [build] Ignored: 2 packages were skipped or are skiplisted. [build] Warnings: None. [build] Abandoned: None. [build] Failed: 1 packages failed. [build] Runtime: 3.9 seconds total. "

Please, can anyone shed some light as to why the build fails? I am using ubuntu 18.04, I have followed "ROS with MAVROS installation guide" and used ROS melodic.

Here's the log (I hope it is the correct one) build.make.log

Thanks!

[Jaeyoung-Lim]

@oricabel Are you trying to use this package as an individual catkin package?

The build log doesnt seem to show why it failed. Are you sure that is the full log?

[oricabel]

Um, I'm not sure I understand what does it mean "use this package as an individual catkin package?" I'm just following the steps to run the bridge with ROS.

As for the log, I took the log from the path " /catkin_ws/logs/jsbsim_bridge/ " , there were many files there and this one has the exact error messages I got on the terminal, so I figured it would be OK, is there a different log i should post?

[Jaeyoung-Lim]

@oricabel Not really, but it seems like the logs are not showing any useful information.

You can probably try again with catkin build -v

I'm just following the steps to run the bridge with ROS.

Which steps? The ones written in the readme?

[oricabel]

I ran it using "catkin build -v" and received a similar error but slightly different outpu build.make.log

And yes, the steps written in the readme

[Jaeyoung-Lim]

@oricabel If you look at the log carefully, you can see the compilation error:

common/mavlink.h: No such file or directory

The mavlink is found through cmake: https://github.com/Auterion/px4-jsbsim-bridge/blob/f88764b091a8f5bc5f98893f07c63b56682a1420/CMakeLists.txt#L7

You either need to install mavlink, or link it properly. Have you already built mavlink or PX4?

[oricabel]

I don't think I built mavlink, and I am not sure about jsbsim but I did install a jsbsim release. (I am not entirely sure what it means to "build"). So, do I use the CmakeLists file to install mavlink? and if so, can you tell me how to do that?

[Jaeyoung-Lim]

I am using ubuntu 18.04, I have followed "ROS with MAVROS installation guide" and used ROS melodic.

@oricabel I would remove jsbsim_bridge from your workspace, and make sure that everything else works first. If you have mavros built, mavlink should be already in your workspace.

Also can you run jsbsim without building it through ROS? (running with make px4_sitl jsbsim as written in https://docs.px4.io/v1.12/en/simulation/jsbsim.html)

[oricabel]

I can run jsbsim without building it through ROS, I the thought the ROS could help me load the aerodynamic model i created, but I'm not so sure now... Thank you so much for the help!

[shupx]

sudo apt install ros-noetic-mavlink

Then change #include <common/mavlink.h> into #include <mavlink/v2.0/common/mavlink.h>. Run catkin_make in the workspace.