How about a template without Docker

[RaviBeagle]

How can I use this template without Docker ? Would be nice to have one such

Thanks
Ravishankar

[athackst]

You should be able to use it without opening the container. The only delta I can think of is the environment variables - meaning you may need to source your ROS install.

What errors are you running into?

[RaviBeagle]

I think there would be no errors if I used the package as it is.

I am using ROS2 galactic on WSL2. I did a few adaptations:

1. Removed .devcontainer, .git and .github folders

2. Changing foxy to galactic in .vscode JSON files

3. Added --merge-install option to clean task otherwise there is an error like this:
   [0.201s] ERROR:colcon:colcon build: The install directory 'install' was created with the layout 'merged'. Please remove the install directory, pick a different one or add the '--merge-install' option.

4. Edited package CMakeLists.txt file to build the node
   find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)
   add_executable(helloworld_node src/helloworld_node.cpp)
   ament_target_dependencies(helloworld_node rclcpp)
   install(TARGETS
   helloworld_node
   DESTINATION lib/${PROJECT_NAME})

I

[athackst]

So sounds like it works as intended then

Pro tip: there's a branch for each release. If you want something other than the latest LTS you need to select "include all branches" when you create a repo from the template to get them

galactic: https://github.com/athackst/vscode_ros2_workspace/tree/galactic