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edward

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jensenb
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I am having trouble with linking c-code with C++-code. The C++ code describes a ROS-node. I made a program that can read a compressed image-stream over udp with gstreamer in c-code. Each image-buffer calls a C++-method of the ROS-node, which effectively converts the gstreamer stream into a ROS image stream.

I organised it as such:

udp_to_ros3.c file that describes gstreamer-functionality,
ros_cpp.cpp file with class and wrapper for C-code to indirectly call class
ros_cpp.o.so dynamic library compiled by catkin_make from ros_cpp.cpp (location: /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib/)
im_imageconv.h header of wrapper-code, used in ros_cpp.cpp and upd_to_ros3.c

I compiled upd_to_ros3.c to upd_to_ros3.o, and ros_cpp.o.so is compiled by catkin_make.

Now try to link it with: gcc -Wall -L/home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib/ udp_to_ros3.o -lros_cpp.o $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10) -lgstapp-0.10 -o udp_to_ros_image

I get the following errors:

/home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference to cv::fastFree(void*)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toros::init(int&, char**, std::basic_string, std::allocator > const&, unsigned int)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toros::NodeHandle::~NodeHandle()' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toimage_transport::ImageTransport::ImageTransport(ros::NodeHandle const&)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference to ros::Time::now()' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toimage_transport::Publisher::publish(boost::shared_ptr > const> const&) const' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toimage_transport::ImageTransport::~ImageTransport()' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toros::NodeHandle::NodeHandle(std::basic_string, std::allocator > const&, std::map, std::allocator >, std::basic_string, std::allocator >, std::less, std::allocator > >, std::allocator, std::allocator > const, std::basic_string, std::allocator > > > > const&)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference to cv::waitKey(int)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference tocv_bridge::CvImage::toImageMsg() const' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference to ros::spinOnce()' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference tocv::Mat::copySize(cv::Mat const&)' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference to cv::Mat::deallocate()' /home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib//libros_cpp.o.so: undefined reference toimage_transport::ImageTransport::advertise(std::basic_string, std::allocator > const&, unsigned int, bool)' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I think it needs the ROS-headerfiles, but maybe also the libraries (?) as used by catkin to be able to link the two files. But even when I add -I/opt/ros/groovy/include/ros/ it still complains about undefined reference to ros:: things.

How to solve this the most pragmatic? Do I need to compile also the C-file within catkin CMakefile and link them together, or is there another way ?

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answered 19 hours ago

jensenb
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updated 40 mins ago

To answer your last question, you do not necessarily need to compile your standalone (in the sense of ROS independent) c code within catkin. It is pretty straight forward to compile your c code as a shared or static library, and then link your ROS node to it using the standard CMake syntax (by adding your c library to target_link_libraries(...) for example).

To address your linker errors. You are not missing header files, you are improperly specify the libraries to link to and the library search paths. Remember that "-L" specifies the search path, and the "-l" specifies the library name (preferably without path and without ending). For object files ".o" you do not need the "-l" flag prefix. you are missing lots of opencv libraries in command, you can try adding "-lopencv_core" and "-lcv_bridge -limage_transport" to take care of the missing OpenCV and OpenCV binding symbols.

But I highly recommend you use the cakin for building and integrating your ROS code, and not to build things by hand.

EDIT: Responding to your further comments, you are using the CMake commands incorrectly. To create your library and link to it in CMake you should use:

add_library(upd_to_ros SHARED src/upd_to_ros3.cpp) #add the source files for your "external" library code here
add_executable(imageconv_node src/ros_cpp.cpp )
target_link_libraries(imageconv_node 
    upd_to_ros
    ${catkin_LIBRARIES} 
)

Note that your ROS node imageconv_node declared in your CMakeLists.txt will need a typical main function, and it is bad practice to hard code full paths in a CMakeLists.txt.

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edward (14 hours ago)

I also tried it by hand , compiled : gcc -Wall upd_to_ros3.o -o udp_to_ros_image -L/home/edward/catkin_ws/devel/lib/ -lros_cpp.o $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gstreamer-0.10) -lgstapp-0.10 -lopencv_core -L/opt/ros/groovy/lib/ -lrostime -limage_transport -lcv_bridge -lopencv_highgui This was successful.

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answered 14 hours ago

edward

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updated 14 hours ago

Thank you for your answer Jensenb. In the catkin CMakeList.txt I declared the following:

add_executable(imageconv_node src/ros_cpp.cpp ) <-- br="" has="" is="" it="" library="" main="" nbsp="" no="" really="" the="" which="">

target_link_libraries(
/home/edward/c920/upd_to_ros3.o

<-- before="" br="" compiled="">

${catkin_LIBRARIES}
)

Then get the following error:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:115 (target_link_libraries): Cannot specify link libraries for target "/home/edward/c920/upd_to_ros3.o" which is not built by this project.

How to continue?

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Please do not answers to your question that are not answers but further questions. Instead either edit your original question, or post a comment to my answer. You should delete this post.

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